My Career Goes Bung
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
A sharp, irreverent, and gloriously self-aware novel, My Career Goes Bung chronicles the misadventures of Sybylla Melvyn — the spirited, unconventional young woman first introduced in Miles Franklin's landmark debut — as she descends upon Sydney society determined to make her name as a writer, only to find that the literary world is as baffling and fickle as the bush she left behind. Written with biting wit and a satirical eye, the novel skewers the pretensions of Edwardian Australian society, laying bare the impossible standards imposed upon ambitious women who dare to speak their minds and claim an intellectual life as their own. Franklin's prose crackles with defiant humour and a distinctly Australian voice, placing My Career Goes Bung firmly in the tradition of feminist social comedy while simultaneously standing as a prescient critique of celebrity, authorship, and the commodification of female identity. Although written as a direct sequel to My Brilliant Career shortly after its 1901 publication, the manuscript was suppressed for decades — a fact that only deepens its resonance as a document of creative and personal courage. Readers who thought they knew Sybylla Melvyn will find, in these pages, a heroine more defiant, more hilarious, and more devastatingly modern than they ever imagined.
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Times House (The Collector's Library of Australia's Great Books)
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
A sharp, irreverent, and gloriously self-aware novel, My Career Goes Bung chronicles the misadventures of Sybylla Melvyn — the spirited, unconventional young woman first introduced in Miles Franklin's landmark debut — as she descends upon Sydney society determined to make her name as a writer, only to find that the literary world is as baffling and fickle as the bush she left behind. Written with biting wit and a satirical eye, the novel skewers the pretensions of Edwardian Australian society, laying bare the impossible standards imposed upon ambitious women who dare to speak their minds and claim an intellectual life as their own. Franklin's prose crackles with defiant humour and a distinctly Australian voice, placing My Career Goes Bung firmly in the tradition of feminist social comedy while simultaneously standing as a prescient critique of celebrity, authorship, and the commodification of female identity. Although written as a direct sequel to My Brilliant Career shortly after its 1901 publication, the manuscript was suppressed for decades — a fact that only deepens its resonance as a document of creative and personal courage. Readers who thought they knew Sybylla Melvyn will find, in these pages, a heroine more defiant, more hilarious, and more devastatingly modern than they ever imagined.