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Winged Seeds
Winged Seeds (1950) is a novel by Australian author Katharine Susannah Prichard Katharine Susannah Prichard (4 December 18832 October 1969) was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia. Early life Prichard was born in Levuka, Fiji in 1883 to Australian parents. She spent her childhoo .... The novel is the third in the author's "Goldfields" trilogy, being preceded by ''The Roaring Nineties'' and '' Golden Miles''. Plot outline The novel is again set in the West Australian goldfields, this time in 1936, and also follows the life of its main character Sally Gough. Time has moved on and now Gough's grandchildren are making their living on the land. But the 1930s Depression has hit them hard and then war arrives and the grandsons head off to war in Europe. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' noted that this trilogy was not to the standard of some of the author's earlier work: "The story began in the early 90s o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Katharine Susannah Prichard (4 December 18832 October 1969) was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia. Early life Prichard was born in Levuka, Fiji in 1883 to Australian parents. She spent her childhood in Launceston, Tasmania, then moved to Melbourne, where she won a scholarship to South Melbourne College. Her father, Tom Prichard, was editor of the Melbourne ''Sun'' newspaper. She worked as a governess and journalist in Victoria, then travelled to England in 1908. Her first novel, ''The Pioneers'' (1915), won the Hodder & Stoughton All Empire Literature Prize.Throssel, Ric "Katharine Susannah Prichard 1883–1969", The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre (website) After her return to Australia, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation for high quality design and production and a fine list of English-language authors, fostered by the firm's editor and reader Edward Garnett. Cape's list of writers ranged from poets including Robert Frost and C. Day Lewis, to children's authors such as Hugh Lofting and Arthur Ransome, to James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, to heavyweight fiction by James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence. After Cape's death, the firm later merged successively with three other London publishing houses. In 1987 it was taken over by Random House. Its name continues as one of Random House's British imprints. Cape – biography Early years Herbert Jonathan Cape was born in London on 15 November 1879, the youngest of the seven children of Jonathan Cape, a clerk from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Miles
Golden Miles (1948) is a novel by Australian author Katharine Susannah Prichard. The novel is the second in the author's "Goldfields" trilogy, being preceded by ''The Roaring Nineties'' and followed by ''Winged Seeds''. Plot outline Set in the Western Australian goldfields during the period 1914 to 1927, the novel follows the story of Sally Gough and her family. Gough is running a boarding house, her husband and one son are in the undertaking business, one son is at school, another in an assayer's office and the last is working down the mines. Critical reception A reviewer in Western Mail (Perth) referred to any novel from Prichard as an "event", and went on: "What would be merely background to the narrative of a lesser novel is more than background in this story, for the Golden Mile is part of the life of all those who, in this book, are associated with it. In one way or another the Golden Mile, in one or another of its various phases, is an ever present factor whether, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950. Books * James Aldridge – ''The Hunter'' * Jon Cleary – '' Just Let Me Be'' * Miles Franklin – '' Prelude to Waking'' * Catherine Gaskin ** ''All Else is Folly'' ** ''Dust in the Sunlight'' * Frank Hardy – ''Power Without Glory'' * Ion Idriess – ''The Wild White Man of Badu : A Story of the Coral Sea'' * Norman Lindsay – '' Dust or Polish?'' * Philip Lindsay – ''There is No Escape'' * Katharine Susannah Prichard – ''Winged Seeds'' * Nevil Shute – ''A Town Like Alice'' * F. J. Thwaites – '' Oasis of Shalimar'' * E. V. Timms – ''The Beckoning Shore'' * Arthur Upfield ** ''The Bachelors of Broken Hill'' ** ''The Widows of Broome'' Short stories * Nancy Cato – "The Trap" * Alan Marshall – "Street Scene at Midday" * John Morrison – "The Children" * Dal Stivens – "The Batting Wizard from the City" * Judah Waten ** "Mother" ** "Uncle Isaac" C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Australian Novels
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cape Books
Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 film), an American film directed by Bill Oliver * ''Jonathan'' (Buffy comic), a 2001 comic book based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series * ''Jonathan'' (TV show), a Welsh-language television show hosted by ex-rugby player Jonathan Davies People and biblical figures Bible * Jonathan (1 Samuel), son of King Saul of Israel and friend of David, in the Books of Samuel *Jonathan (Judges), in the Book of Judges Judaism *Jonathan Apphus, fifth son of Mattathias and leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE *Rabbi Jonathan, 2nd century *Jonathan (High Priest), a High Priest of Israel in the 1st century Other *Jonathan (apple), a variety of apple * "Jonathan" (song), a 2015 song by French singer and songwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction Set In 1936
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to literature, written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short story, short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any Media (communication), medium, including not just writings but also drama, live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or character (arts), characters who ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
