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First published in 1901, "My Brilliant Career" is Miles Franklin’s debut and most acclaimed work, an early romantic novel by this popular Australian author.
"My Brilliant Career" is the story of Sybylla, a headstrong young girl growing up in early 20th century Australia. Sybylla rejects the opportunity to marry a wealthy young man in order to maintain her independence. As a consequence she must take a job as a governess to a local family to which her father is indebted.
Like most first novels, "My Brilliant Career" draws heavily on its author’s experience, and its verisimilitude was such that contemporaries judged it as a factual rather than fictional autobiography.
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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (13K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
Length9 hrs 32 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Introduction
3Chapter 1. I Remember, I Remember
4Chapter 2. An Introduction To Possum Gully
5Chapter 3. A Lifeless Life
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6Chapter 4. A Career Which Soon Careered To An End
7Chapter 5. Disjointed Sketches And Grumbles
8Chapter 6. Revolt
9Chapter 7. Was E'er A Rose Without Its Thorn?
10Chapter 8. Possum Gully Left Behind. Hurrah! Hurrah!
11Chapter 9. Aunt Helen's Recipe
12Chapter 10. Everard Grey
13Chapter 11. Yah!
14Chapter 12. One Grand Passion
15Chapter 13. He
16Chapter 14. Principally Letters
17Chapter 15. When The Heart Is Young
18Chapter 16. When Fortune Smiles
19Chapter 17. Idylls Of Youth
20Chapter 18. As Short As I Wish Had Been The Majority Of Sermons To Which I Have Been Forced To Give Ear
21Chapter 19. The 9th Of November 1896
22Chapter 20. Same Yarn—Continued
23Chapter 21. My Unladylike Behaviour Again
24Chapter 22. Sweet Seventeen
25Chapter 23. Ah, For One Hour Of Burning Love, 'Tis Worth An Age Of Cold Respect!
26Chapter 24. Thou Knowest Not What A Day May Bring Forth
27Chapter 25. Because?
28Chapter 26. Boast Not Thyself Of Tomorrow
29Chapter 27. My Journey
30Chapter 28. To Life
31Chapter 29. To Life—Continued
32Chapter 30. Where Ignorance Is Bliss, 'Tis Folly To Be Wise
33Chapter 31. Mr M'swat And I Have A Bust-Up
34Chapter 32. Ta-Ta To Barney's Gap
35Chapter 33. Back At Possum Gully
36Chapter 34. But Absent Friends Are Soon Forgot
37Chapter 35. The 3rd Of December 1898
38Chapter 36. Once Upon A Time, When The Days Were Long And Hot
39Chapter 37. He That Despiseth Little Things, Shall Fall Little By Little
40Chapter 38. A Tale That Is Told And A Day That Is Done
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