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Miles
Franklin is the Australian novelist best known for her novel in the style of a
memoir, "My Brilliant Career." (US Edition) (UK Edition
That book is
unfortunately not free in the UK, so instead I am substituting a 1909 novel
published first in the UK with a puzzling name, Some
Everyday Folk and Dawn. The book
starts with a dedication:
"TO THE ENGLISH MEN
WHO BELIEVE IN VOTES FOR WOMEN THIS
STORY IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BECAUSE THE WOMEN HEREIN CHARACTERISED WERE
NEVER FORCED TO BE "SUFFRAGETTES," THEIR COUNTRYMEN HAVING GRANTED
THEM THEIR RIGHTS AS SUFFRAGISTS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1902."
This is
followed by a glossary of Australian slang in American equivalents and English
interpretations. This gives us such
helpful information as a bloke is a guy is a fellow. This will help my readers on both sides of
the Atlantic!
As to the
actual book:
Having surrendered our tickets and come through a down-hill
passage to the dusty, dirty, stony, open space where vehicles awaited
travellers, the usual corner "pub."—in this instance a particularly
dilapidated one—and three tin kangaroos fixed as weather-cocks on a dwelling
over the way, and turning hither and thither in the hot gusts of wind, were the
first objects to arrest my attention in the town of Noonoon, near the river
Noonoon, whereaway it does not particularly matter. The next were the men
competing for our favour in the matter of vehicular conveyance.
It soon
develops that although the cabbies might be competitive, the boarding house
can't be bothered to take in lodgers and thus begins the protagonist's effort
to switch lodgings. I don't need to tell you it will be a quirky journey.
It is becoming
increasingly difficult, once again, to find free books. Several years ago I had the same
difficulty. Books I suggested before,
such as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," now have their free
versions embargoed for some reason. I
suspect those who sell the same titles are reporting the free titles for some
transgression. During the time it takes
for Amazon to ensure the free title is not a copyright violation, the most
inexpensive copy will sell well.
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