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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Regards to the Czar
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'Doctor's daughter and feminist housewife always does her best to please until one of the books "czars" overplays his hand and she begins to move towards a precarious but exhilarating autonomy.' (Publisher's blurb)

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Most Important Man in Narramundi, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 1-8)
The Pea Princess and the Monsters from Outer Space, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 9-18)
Good Girl, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 19-60)
Regards to the Czar, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 61-68)
Helen and Hitler, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 69-86)
Nothing Happened, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 87-105)
Induced and Abandoned : The Story of an April Fool, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 106-143)
A Lesson from the Idol, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 135-144)
A Small Degree of Guilt, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 145-154)
No Child of Mine, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 155-160)
How Literature Enhanced My Life : A Romance, Margaret Coombs , single work short story (p. 161-186)

Includes

A Lesson from the Idol Margaret Coombs , 1987 single work short story
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Summer 1987/8 no. 2 1987; (p. 47-54) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 135-144)
How Literature Enhanced My Life : A Romance Margaret Coombs , 1985 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 45 no. 1 1985; (p. 24-43) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 161-186)
The Most Important Man in Narramundi Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 1-8)
The Pea Princess and the Monsters from Outer Space Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 9-18) Shrieks : A Horror Anthology 1993; (p. 4-12)
Good Girl Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 19-60)
Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 29-30 March 1986; (p. 7) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 61-68) Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 217-222)
Helen and Hitler Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 69-86)
Nothing Happened Margaret Coombs , 1985 single work short story
— Appears in: Room to Move : The Redress Press Anthology of Australian Women's Short Stories 1985; (p. 77-91) Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction 1988; (p. 470-485) Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 87-105)
Induced and Abandoned : The Story of an April Fool Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 106-143)
A Small Degree of Guilt Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 145-154)
No Child of Mine Margaret Coombs , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Regards to the Czar 1988; (p. 155-160)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing' Alison Bartlett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74)
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs Robyn Gardner (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136)
The Expectations of a `Good Girl' from the Country Marlene Bronstein , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 18 October vol. 58 no. 7 1991; (p. 14)

— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story
Powerful Readings and Impotent Endings : The Trial of Helen Diamond Beth Spencer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Body Lines : A Women's Anthology 1991; (p. 74-81)
The Little Golden Book of Patriarchy : Regarding Magaret Coombs' First Novel Beth Spencer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hermes 1991; (p. 19-25)
The Christmas Bundle Margot Luke , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 3 no. 12 1988; (p. 14-15)

— Review of The Motorcycle Cafe Matthew Condon , 1988 single work novel ; Matilda at the Speed of Light : An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction 1988 anthology short story criticism ; Running Up a Dress : A Mother and Daughter Dialogue Suzanne Spunner , 1988 single work drama ; Save Me, Joe Louis Kate Jennings , 1988 selected work autobiography ; That Fierce Virgin Gerard Windsor , 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story ; The Ticket in Tatts D. H. Souter , 1988 single work novel
Fiction Notes Nicolette Stasko , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring no. 4 1989; (p. 115-119)

— Review of North Wind John Morrison , 1982 selected work short story ; The Living Hothouse Marion Halligan , 1988 selected work short story ; Quickening and Other Stories Brian Matthews , 1989 selected work short story ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story ; The Woman at the Window Marian Favel Clair Eldridge , 1989 selected work short story ; The Shipwreck Party Liam Davison , 1989 selected work short story ; The Motorcycle Cafe Matthew Condon , 1988 single work novel ; The Glass Whittler and Other Stories Stephanie Johnson , 1988 selected work short story ; The Hanged Man in the Garden Marion Halligan , 1989 selected work short story
Welcome Return to Good Short Stories Jan Power , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 January 1989; (p. 6)

— Review of Save Me, Joe Louis Kate Jennings , 1988 selected work autobiography ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story
Truth, or Fiction? Marion Halligan , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1988; (p. 10)

— Review of Dear You Kate Llewellyn , 1988 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story
The Expectations of a `Good Girl' from the Country Marlene Bronstein , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 18 October vol. 58 no. 7 1991; (p. 14)

— Review of The Best Man for this Sort of Thing Margaret Coombs , 1990 single work novel ; Regards to the Czar Margaret Coombs , 1988 sequence short story
The Ailing Body : Women, Medical Discourse and Power in Margaret Coombs's 'The Best Man for this Sort of Thing' Alison Bartlett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Jamming the Machinery : Contemporary Australian Women's Writing 1998; (p. 59-74)
The Little Golden Book of Patriarchy : Regarding Magaret Coombs' First Novel Beth Spencer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hermes 1991; (p. 19-25)
Powerful Readings and Impotent Endings : The Trial of Helen Diamond Beth Spencer , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Body Lines : A Women's Anthology 1991; (p. 74-81)
Fiction as Cultural Criticism : A Conversation with Margaret Coombs Robyn Gardner (interviewer), 1992 single work interview
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 44 1992; (p. 116-136)
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