Sydney Royal: Divertissement
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: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn spine; rubbed cover. Light creasing on corners. Internally sound; no loose pages.
Set against the colourful spectacle of the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Miles Franklin's Sydney Royal: Divertissement is a sharp and witty romp through the social pageantry of early twentieth-century Australian life. With her characteristic eye for the absurd, Franklin chronicles the encounters, ambitions, and comic entanglements of characters drawn together by the grandeur of this uniquely Australian institution, painting a vivid portrait of a society caught between pastoral tradition and urban aspiration. Franklin, best known for her landmark novel My Brilliant Career, brings to Sydney Royal the same irreverent spirit and finely tuned social intelligence that defined her reputation as one of Australia's most distinctive literary voices. Beneath the lighthearted surface of this divertissement — a term that signals its playful, entertainment-first intent — runs a quietly incisive commentary on class, identity, and the rituals by which a young nation defines itself. For readers curious about the world Franklin observed with such piercing clarity, this breezy yet surprisingly revealing work leaves one wondering just how much was comedy, and how much was confession.
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1947, The Shakespeare Head
Genre: Fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn spine; rubbed cover. Light creasing on corners. Internally sound; no loose pages.
Set against the colourful spectacle of the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Miles Franklin's Sydney Royal: Divertissement is a sharp and witty romp through the social pageantry of early twentieth-century Australian life. With her characteristic eye for the absurd, Franklin chronicles the encounters, ambitions, and comic entanglements of characters drawn together by the grandeur of this uniquely Australian institution, painting a vivid portrait of a society caught between pastoral tradition and urban aspiration. Franklin, best known for her landmark novel My Brilliant Career, brings to Sydney Royal the same irreverent spirit and finely tuned social intelligence that defined her reputation as one of Australia's most distinctive literary voices. Beneath the lighthearted surface of this divertissement — a term that signals its playful, entertainment-first intent — runs a quietly incisive commentary on class, identity, and the rituals by which a young nation defines itself. For readers curious about the world Franklin observed with such piercing clarity, this breezy yet surprisingly revealing work leaves one wondering just how much was comedy, and how much was confession.