Seven Little Billabongs: The World of Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce by Brenda Niall

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Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Borrower card has been removed and cause slight damage to front inside cover. Sticker removal from title page has caused damage and previous owner has used blanks stickers to disguise this. Book exchange and book store stickers on inside pages. Dust jacket is in good condition with wear to edges. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Actual body text and binding are still very good.

Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce were the first to write popular children's books with an Australian setting, and they dominated the market for children's fiction in Australia. Between them they published over 70 novels during a period of 50 years.

In this first detailed study of Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce, Niall shows how they drew on the traditions of late Victorian children's writing and in some cases overthrew conventions. She analyses each writer 's strengths and weaknesses and contrast both writers. This study provides an entertaining look at vanished ways and some understanding of the way we were.