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Australia Felix (1917) is a novel by Henry Handel Richardson. Based on the life of her parents, Australia Felix is the first in a trilogy of novels later published as The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930). The trilogy has earned praise from countless authors and critics for its startling depictions of a man's decline due to mental illness and the lengths to which his wife must go to care for their young family. "In a shaft on the Gravel Pits, a man had been buried alive. At work in a deep wet hole, he had recklessly omitted to slab the walls of a drive; uprights and tailors yielded under the lateral pressure, and the rotten earth collapsed, bringing down the roof in its train." Into this dangerous world of mining, Richard Mahony arrives in search of fortune. As the proprietor of Digger's Emporium, his business depends on the trust of his customers, most of them rugged, hard-drinking gold miners. But the men find it hard to respect Mahony, a teetotaler whose upper-class sensibilities strike them as snobbish at best, insulting at worst. As his store slowly fails, Richard turns his attention to the young Polly Turnham, a servant at the local hotel. When they marry, Polly suggests to her husband that he abandon his business and turn to medicine instead. His practice in Ballarat is a success, allowing them to start a family and live comfortably--for a time. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry Handel Richardson Australia Felix is a classic of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.… (altro)
This really is the Great Australian Novel. It's actually a trilogy which begins in the period of the great gold rush in Ballarat in 1851. While painting some of the most memorable and arresting images of Australian life you will ever read, it traces a search for identity and the struggle of one woman to support her family at a time when a 'lady' did not work. Highly recommended. Update 10/5/23 And now you can, if you are so minded, read my journal notes about this novel in what I call Reviews from the Archive on my blog. See anzlitlovers.com/2023/05/10/australia-felix-1917-the-fortunes-of-richard-mahoney-1-by-henry-handel-richardson/ ( )
Part of a trilogy (also "The way home" and "Ultima Thule") this series of books tells the story of Richard Mahony, a doctor who travels from England to live in Australia in the late 1800s. Australians who know their history will recognise the themes in this book. Through the story of one person over his lifetime, the author tells the story of colonial Australia - fortunes were made and lost in gold and speculation - as were dreams of a new life in a new land. Settlers were caught between their idealised memories of their home country and the opportunities as well as drudgery in their new home. Many new settlers found the landscape and society alien, it seemed to work against them. Those who wished all the time for Australia to be more like the old country were disappointed and failed to establish themselves. Often, those who were successful saw the opportunity to create a new life and cast off old social structures. The trilogy is epic and although we sometimes pity Mahony and wish he made different choices in our 21st century hindisght, we can sympathise with him and the other characters who built this country. I was not expecting to enjoy this series so much but having done so, I was surprised that these books weren't more well known and valued as they should be. ( )
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In a shaft on the Gravel Pits, a man had been buried alive.
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Her canvas rattled, her joints creaked and groaned as, lunging forward, she cut her way through the troubled seas that break on the reef-bound coasts of this old, new world.
Australia Felix (1917) is a novel by Henry Handel Richardson. Based on the life of her parents, Australia Felix is the first in a trilogy of novels later published as The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930). The trilogy has earned praise from countless authors and critics for its startling depictions of a man's decline due to mental illness and the lengths to which his wife must go to care for their young family. "In a shaft on the Gravel Pits, a man had been buried alive. At work in a deep wet hole, he had recklessly omitted to slab the walls of a drive; uprights and tailors yielded under the lateral pressure, and the rotten earth collapsed, bringing down the roof in its train." Into this dangerous world of mining, Richard Mahony arrives in search of fortune. As the proprietor of Digger's Emporium, his business depends on the trust of his customers, most of them rugged, hard-drinking gold miners. But the men find it hard to respect Mahony, a teetotaler whose upper-class sensibilities strike them as snobbish at best, insulting at worst. As his store slowly fails, Richard turns his attention to the young Polly Turnham, a servant at the local hotel. When they marry, Polly suggests to her husband that he abandon his business and turn to medicine instead. His practice in Ballarat is a success, allowing them to start a family and live comfortably--for a time. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry Handel Richardson Australia Felix is a classic of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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And now you can, if you are so minded, read my journal notes about this novel in what I call Reviews from the Archive on my blog. See anzlitlovers.com/2023/05/10/australia-felix-1917-the-fortunes-of-richard-mahoney-1-by-henry-handel-richardson/ (