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Kathleen Fitzpatrick (2) (1905–1990)

Autore di Solid Bluestone Foundations: Memories of an Australian Girlhood

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick's 'magnificent book of memories', as Manning Clark described it, is a classic Australian memoir.

'Hughenden', the seaside mansion of her grandparents, provided the 'solid bluestone foundations' of Kathleen's somewhat unsettled childhood. These beautifully written recollections paint an evocative picture of middle-class life in Melbourne in the early years of the twentieth century.

Major themes include the awakening of Kathleen's feminist consciousness, her discovery at the University of Melbourne of her true vocation as an historian, and her unhappy experiences as a 'colonial' at Oxford University.… (altro)
 
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Jawin | Dec 31, 2006 |

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5
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56
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#291,557
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½ 3.5
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1
ISBN
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