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The Fortunes of Richard Mahony: Text Classics by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Richard Mahony is a restless man. Ballarat, England, Melbourne, Europe, the bush: elsewhere is always better. Searching for a place, a meaning, a life, Mahony and his wife Mary journey from wealth to poverty, order to chaos, sanity to the asylum. The Fortunes of Richard Mahonyis a towering novel. This ...Show more
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics S.
When Laura Rambotham arrives at an exclusive Melbourne girls school from her country home, she is ridiculed by the other pupils for her differences, her name, her unusual clothes and especially for her "unpardonable sin" - her exceptional musical ability.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Fiction
This is a classic Australian novel about Laura Rambotham's coming of age at school. It was first published in 1910. In this new edition, Germaine Greer's introduction gives the story greater contemporary relevance.
The Getting of Wisdom - Penguin Australian Classics by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
When Laura Rambotham arrives at an exclusive Melbourne girls school from her country home, she is ridiculed by the other pupils for her differences - her name, her unusual clothes and, especially, for her 'unpardonable sin': her exceptional musical ability. Laura endures ostracism and misery as she trie ...Show more
The Getting of Wisdom: Popular Penguins by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is ...Show more
The Getting of Wisdom: Text Classics by Henry Handel Richardson, Germaine Greer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson ease do, Wondrous Fair Tell what happened next," begged Pin and Leppie. "No, not another word. You can only think of sheets and parrakeets." "Please, Wondrous Fair," begged little Frank. "No, I can't now.--Another thing: I don't mind if you call me Laura ...Show more
The Way Home by Henry Handel Richardson; Mint Editions (Contribution by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Mint Editions Ser.
The Way Home (1925) is a novel by Henry Handel Richardson. Based on the life of her parents, The Way Home is the second in a trilogy of novels later published as The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930). The trilogy has earned praise from countless authors and critics for its startling depictions of a man' ...Show more
The Way Home #2 The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Classics
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony reflects the foundational years of Victoria through the restless, eventually harrowing narrative of the Mahony family, and centrally through the life of Richard Mahony, voyager, questor, idealist. This is the first time anywhere that all three novels have been published co ...Show more
The Way Home - The Fortunes of Richard Mahony: Volume 2 by Henry Handel Richardson
Category: Classic | Series: Modern Classics Ser.