My Career Goes Bung
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the sunburnt landscape of turn-of-the-century Australia, a young woman armed with an irrepressible wit and an unshakeable ambition dares to dream beyond the confines of her rural world — this is My Career Goes Bung, Miles Franklin's own sequel to her landmark debut My Brilliant Career, following the irrepressible Sybylla Melvyn as she ventures into the literary society of Sydney and confronts the uncomfortable gap between romantic idealism and the bruising realities of a world determined to put spirited women in their place. Written in the early 1900s but suppressed for decades, the novel chronicles Sybylla's sharp-tongued misadventures among socialites, would-be suitors, and cultural gatekeepers, delivering a satirical broadside against the pretensions of colonial Australian society. Franklin's prose is alive with irreverent humour and a fiercely independent voice that feels startlingly modern, illustrating why she remains one of Australia's most beloved and subversive literary figures. Where her debut announced a bold new voice, this sequel sharpens it into something more knowing and more defiant, arguing with quiet fury that a woman's story does not end with the choices society tries to make for her. For readers who thought they knew how Sybylla's story ended, My Career Goes Bung offers a revelatory and delightfully unpredictable second chapter.
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the sunburnt landscape of turn-of-the-century Australia, a young woman armed with an irrepressible wit and an unshakeable ambition dares to dream beyond the confines of her rural world — this is My Career Goes Bung, Miles Franklin's own sequel to her landmark debut My Brilliant Career, following the irrepressible Sybylla Melvyn as she ventures into the literary society of Sydney and confronts the uncomfortable gap between romantic idealism and the bruising realities of a world determined to put spirited women in their place. Written in the early 1900s but suppressed for decades, the novel chronicles Sybylla's sharp-tongued misadventures among socialites, would-be suitors, and cultural gatekeepers, delivering a satirical broadside against the pretensions of colonial Australian society. Franklin's prose is alive with irreverent humour and a fiercely independent voice that feels startlingly modern, illustrating why she remains one of Australia's most beloved and subversive literary figures. Where her debut announced a bold new voice, this sequel sharpens it into something more knowing and more defiant, arguing with quiet fury that a woman's story does not end with the choices society tries to make for her. For readers who thought they knew how Sybylla's story ended, My Career Goes Bung offers a revelatory and delightfully unpredictable second chapter.