Henry Handel Richardson: Fiction in the Making by Axel Clark

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly right edge. Marks on foredges including remnant mark on top foredge. Interior and binding are still good.

Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), author of Maurice Guest, The Getting of Wisdom, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, The Young Cosima and other short stories, was the first Australian-born novelist to gain a reputation overseas and be translated into a number of European languages. This book draws on previously untapped sources to describe the early years of one of Australia's most remarkable novelists. (back cover)