The Pea Pickers
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: DJ [scarce]; unclipped dj, edgeworn, no tears. Pages: Light foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: name penned on half-title page. Binding: tight; some bumping on corners and spine.
Set against the sweeping rural landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales in the 1920s, The Pea Pickers chronicles the freewheeling adventures of Steve and Blue, two sisters who disguise themselves as men to work as itinerant farm labourers, picking peas and wandering the Australian bush in search of freedom, love, and identity. Narrated with lyrical intensity and autobiographical candour, Eve Langley's semi-fictionalised account captures the raw beauty of the Australian countryside alongside the restless yearning of young women determined to live life entirely on their own terms. A landmark work of Australian literature first published in 1942, The Pea Pickers presents a singular and fiercely original voice that sits at the intersection of romanticism, feminism, and national identity. Langley's prose is rich with poetic imagery and an almost feverish vitality, drawing deeply from her own experiences as a bohemian outsider navigating a conservative society. Celebrated by critics as one of the most distinctive novels to emerge from mid-twentieth-century Australia, it raises profound questions about gender, belonging, and the cost of artistic freedom — questions that remain as urgent and unsettling today as when Langley first committed them to the page.
Author: Eve Langley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1942, Angus & Robertson Limited
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: DJ [scarce]; unclipped dj, edgeworn, no tears. Pages: Light foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: name penned on half-title page. Binding: tight; some bumping on corners and spine.
Set against the sweeping rural landscapes of Victoria and New South Wales in the 1920s, The Pea Pickers chronicles the freewheeling adventures of Steve and Blue, two sisters who disguise themselves as men to work as itinerant farm labourers, picking peas and wandering the Australian bush in search of freedom, love, and identity. Narrated with lyrical intensity and autobiographical candour, Eve Langley's semi-fictionalised account captures the raw beauty of the Australian countryside alongside the restless yearning of young women determined to live life entirely on their own terms. A landmark work of Australian literature first published in 1942, The Pea Pickers presents a singular and fiercely original voice that sits at the intersection of romanticism, feminism, and national identity. Langley's prose is rich with poetic imagery and an almost feverish vitality, drawing deeply from her own experiences as a bohemian outsider navigating a conservative society. Celebrated by critics as one of the most distinctive novels to emerge from mid-twentieth-century Australia, it raises profound questions about gender, belonging, and the cost of artistic freedom — questions that remain as urgent and unsettling today as when Langley first committed them to the page.