A House Is Built
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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A landmark of Australian historical fiction, A House Is Built chronicles the rise and decline of the Withycombe family across three generations of colonial Sydney, tracing their fortunes through the cutthroat world of nineteenth-century commerce. Written under the joint pen name of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw, the novel presents a richly textured portrait of ambition, family loyalty, and the social tensions of a young nation finding its identity. With a tone that is both sweeping and intimate, it illustrates how the drive to build wealth and respectability can fracture the very bonds it was meant to strengthen. Widely regarded as one of the finest Australian novels of the interwar period, it stands as a sophisticated and enduring work that rewards readers with its psychological depth and historical authenticity.
Author: M. Barnard Eldershaw
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Lloyd O'Neil
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark of Australian historical fiction, A House Is Built chronicles the rise and decline of the Withycombe family across three generations of colonial Sydney, tracing their fortunes through the cutthroat world of nineteenth-century commerce. Written under the joint pen name of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw, the novel presents a richly textured portrait of ambition, family loyalty, and the social tensions of a young nation finding its identity. With a tone that is both sweeping and intimate, it illustrates how the drive to build wealth and respectability can fracture the very bonds it was meant to strengthen. Widely regarded as one of the finest Australian novels of the interwar period, it stands as a sophisticated and enduring work that rewards readers with its psychological depth and historical authenticity.