My Brilliant Career

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My Brilliant Career
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Literature

My Brilliant Career

Miles Franklin
Edition year 1983
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Dodie Masterman
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 256
Dimensions 22 × 16 cm

Edition details

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, introduction by Joan Aiken, 54 drawings by Dodie Masterman. Full blue cloth with a design in dark blue and gold by Sue Bradbury, pale blue endleaves printed in dark blue. Pale yellow-brown slipcase. 22 x 16 cm. 256 pp.

About the book

Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career follows Sybylla Melvyn, a spirited and fiercely independent young woman growing up in rural Australia. Intelligent, ambitious and determined to become a writer, Sybylla struggles against poverty, family expectations and the limited choices available to women. Her relationship with the wealthy Harold Beecham presents her with the possibility of security and marriage, but also forces her to decide what she is prepared to sacrifice for independence. Energetic and often humorous, the novel explores identity, ambition, gender and the conflict between romantic love and personal freedom.

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