A House Is Built
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual aging on jacket. Pages crisp and intact.
A landmark of Australian historical fiction, A House Is Built chronicles the rise and decline of a powerful Sydney merchant family across three generations during the mid-nineteenth century. Written under the joint pen name of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw, the novel traces the ambitions, rivalries, and personal sacrifices of the Hyde family as they build a prosperous trading empire against the backdrop of a young, rapidly changing colonial society. The narrative unfolds with a measured, literary gravity, examining how wealth and respectability are pursued at the cost of human connection and individual happiness. Richly detailed in its period atmosphere, it stands as a penetrating study of class, gender, and the Australian colonial experience, earning its place as a foundational text in the nation's literary canon.
Author: M. Barnard Eldershaw
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Lloyd O'Neil
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual aging on jacket. Pages crisp and intact.
A landmark of Australian historical fiction, A House Is Built chronicles the rise and decline of a powerful Sydney merchant family across three generations during the mid-nineteenth century. Written under the joint pen name of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw, the novel traces the ambitions, rivalries, and personal sacrifices of the Hyde family as they build a prosperous trading empire against the backdrop of a young, rapidly changing colonial society. The narrative unfolds with a measured, literary gravity, examining how wealth and respectability are pursued at the cost of human connection and individual happiness. Richly detailed in its period atmosphere, it stands as a penetrating study of class, gender, and the Australian colonial experience, earning its place as a foundational text in the nation's literary canon.