Miles Franklin undercover : the little-known years when she created her own brilliant career / Kerrie Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Kerrie, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954.

Franklin, Miles.

Novelists, Australian--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, Australian.

Women novelists, Australian--20th century--Biography.

Women novelists, Australian.

Household employees--Australia--Biography.

Household employees.

Feminists--Australia--Biography.

Feminists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Creative nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xi, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cammeraygal Country, Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2025.

Summary:

She dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel My Brilliant Career, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin was lauded as the Bront͡ of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential. But fame can be deceptive. In reality, the book earned her a pittance. The family farm was sold, her new novels were rejected, and she was broke. Just two years after her debut, Miles disappeared. In this real-life sequel to My Brilliant Career, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles' life, from the servants' quarters of Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses to volatile Chicago, in the turbulent years after her early success. Davies draws on a never-before-published manuscript and diary extracts from Miles' year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Paterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago. Miles Franklin Undercover is a powerful story of a young woman's enduring resilience, and her determination to always be her own heroine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781761470936

1761470930

OCLC:

1469081501