The little 'bushie' becomes a celebrity and is feted by the Has set her cap at him because of his similarity to the hero of 'catch of the county', Harry Beauchamp who mistakenly thinks she It didn't stop her becoming the talk of Possum Gully, beingĭenounced by the local preacher and even being pursued by the The Cross to equal pay - all told in a breezy fluent style.Īccording to Franklin in this sequel, 'My Brilliant Career' wasĪ 'burlesque biography' written as a satire to all those staidĪnd egotistical books she had read just after leaving school. How much more fun was this book - she espouses her views onĮverything from the plight of down trodden women to Christ on Prior Memorial Prize but, honestly, I couldn't get past page 26. I picked up 'All That Swagger' which won Franklin the 1936 S.H. Most of the characters were easily recognisable and especially herĭepiction of 'Banjo' Patterson (with whom Miles Franklin wasĮntangled in an emotional relationship) as the calculatingly

Of Franklin's own introduction to the cream of Sydney society, 'My Career Goes Bung' was written and ready for publication inġ902 but the sequel to 'My Brilliant Career' had her publisher,

Own name) the last 'On Dearborn Street' about her years inĬhicago co-editing a Trade Union magazine, was issued in 1981. Output was sporadic - of her 8 novels (published under her

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