Henry Handel Richardson

Australia Felix (eBook, ePUB)

A Saga of Ambition and Untamed Australia in the Gold Rush Era

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Henry Handel Richardson's 'Australia Felix' is a powerful exploration of early Australian life and ambition, painted with vivid imagery and dramatic storytelling. Set in the gold rush era of the mid-19th century, the novel follows the lives of the Delacy family as they navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by their new home. Richardson's rich prose captures the untamed landscape and the fierce determination of its inhabitants, reflecting the harsh realities of life in a burgeoning colony. The novel's structure, blending elements of historical fiction and family saga, showcases Richardson's mastery of narrative technique and character development. 'Australia Felix' stands as a landmark work in Australian literature, offering a unique perspective on the country's formative years. Henry Handel Richardson, a pseudonym for Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, drew on her own expatriate experiences in crafting this novel, infusing it with a deep sense of connection to the Australian landscape and its people. With its compelling story and historical insights, 'Australia Felix' is a must-read for those interested in the complexities of colonial history and the human spirit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 413
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664578600
• Artikelnr.: 58561806

Autorenporträt

Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946) was the pen name of Australian novelist Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson. Born in East Melbourne, she was raised in a series of towns across Victoria with her mother and siblings following her father's death. At thirteen, she left Maldon-where her mother worked as the local postmistress-to attend Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne. Her time there would inspire her bestselling coming-of-age novel The Getting of Wisdom (1910). Upon graduating in 1888, Richardson moved with her family to Germany to study music at the Leipzig Conservatorium. In 1894, she married John George Robertson, whom she met in Leipzig while he was studying German literature. They moved to London in 1903, where Richardson would publish Maurice Guest (1908), her debut novel. In 1912, Richardson returned to Australia to begin researching for her critically acclaimed trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, which consists of the novels Australia Felix (1917), The Way Home (1925), and Ultima Thule (1929). Partly based on her own family's history, the trilogy earned praise from such figures as Sinclair Lewis 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.