''The Lemon Farm'' (1935) is a novel by Australian author
Martin Boyd
Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett– Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19t ...
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[Austlit - ''The Lemon Farm'' by Martin Boyd]
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Plot outline
In a small English seaside village, Lady Davina Chelgrove leaves her husband Nigel for another, younger man. The affair proceeds towards a tragic ending. The "Lemon Farm" of the title is located in the Mediterranean and is the ideal that the two lovers aspire towards.
Critical reception
A reviewer in ''The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...
'' found a lot to like with the novel: "Well constructed and well written ''The Lemon Farm'' is probably the most successful novel that Mr Boyd has yet written. His portrait of Davina herself is not only attractive but firmly and consistently modelled."
In '' The Argus'' the reviewer found this a better novel that the author's previous: "''The Lemon Farm'' is written with a firm assured touch yet with subtlety and delicacy. In the main it is tragi-comedy though it deepens into tragedy.""An Idyll and Tattlers", ''The Argus'', 28 June 1935, p20
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See also
* 1935 in Australian literature
References
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Novels by Martin Boyd
1935 Australian novels
Novels set in England