The Getting of Wisdom The Academy Editions of Australian Literature
Richardson, Henry Handel; Clive Probyn and Bruce Steele (eds)
$95.00
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Place Published: Brisbane
Edition: 1st thus
Date Published: 2001
Illustrator: b&w maps
Size: 8vo
Place Published: Brisbane
Edition: 1st thus
Date Published: 2001
Illustrator: b&w maps
Size: 8vo
HH Richardson’s classic second novel, being a fictionalized account of her coming of age in Colonial Melbourne in the 1880’s; a volume in the Academy Editions of Australian Literature from UQP, offering meticulously researched definitive editions of the Australian classics; introductory essay traces the novel’s composition, publication and reception history in Australia and the English speaking world; b&w maps; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to front and spine; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.