My Career Goes Bung: Purporting To Be The Autobiography Of Sybylla Penelope Melvyn
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: unclipped dj.
Long before Sybylla Penelope Melvyn became an iconic figure in Australian literature, Miles Franklin conceived her as a rebellious, spirited young woman whose ambitions crashed headlong into the rigid expectations of colonial society — and My Career Goes Bung is her irreverent, witty, and searingly honest account of that collision. Written as a fictitious autobiography, the novel follows the outspoken Sybylla as she navigates the cultural limitations of late nineteenth-century Australia, chafing against a world that has little room for a woman of fierce intellect and literary aspiration. Part social satire, part coming-of-age lament, the narrative chronicles Sybylla's adventures in Sydney's drawing rooms and the wider world beyond the bush, where she encounters both admirers and detractors of her bold, unconventional character. Franklin's prose crackles with dry humour and a sharp feminist consciousness that was decades ahead of its time, making this companion volume to My Brilliant Career a work of enduring cultural significance. Written in the early 1900s but not published until 1946, the novel carries the weight of a suppressed voice finally given its due platform, illuminating the tension between personal freedom and societal constraint with an authenticity that only Franklin could deliver. Readers who believe they know Sybylla's story will find, in these pages, a protagonist who refuses to be fully tamed — or fully explained.
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, Georgian House, Melbourne
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: unclipped dj.
Long before Sybylla Penelope Melvyn became an iconic figure in Australian literature, Miles Franklin conceived her as a rebellious, spirited young woman whose ambitions crashed headlong into the rigid expectations of colonial society — and My Career Goes Bung is her irreverent, witty, and searingly honest account of that collision. Written as a fictitious autobiography, the novel follows the outspoken Sybylla as she navigates the cultural limitations of late nineteenth-century Australia, chafing against a world that has little room for a woman of fierce intellect and literary aspiration. Part social satire, part coming-of-age lament, the narrative chronicles Sybylla's adventures in Sydney's drawing rooms and the wider world beyond the bush, where she encounters both admirers and detractors of her bold, unconventional character. Franklin's prose crackles with dry humour and a sharp feminist consciousness that was decades ahead of its time, making this companion volume to My Brilliant Career a work of enduring cultural significance. Written in the early 1900s but not published until 1946, the novel carries the weight of a suppressed voice finally given its due platform, illuminating the tension between personal freedom and societal constraint with an authenticity that only Franklin could deliver. Readers who believe they know Sybylla's story will find, in these pages, a protagonist who refuses to be fully tamed — or fully explained.