A Fringe of Leaves

A Fringe of Leaves

$40.00 AUD

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Patrick White

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Fine, Dust Jacket: Poor with some silverfish damage, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


A novel by Patrick White, a Nobel Prize-winning Australian writer. The novel tells the story of Ellen Roxburgh, a young Cornish woman who travels to Australia with her husband in the early nineteenth century. After surviving a shipwreck on a coral reef, she is captured by Aboriginal people and later rescued by an escaped convict. She returns to civilization transformed by her experiences of hardship, violence, and love. The novel explores the themes of identity, culture, and survival in a colonial setting. The novel was published by Jonathan Cape in 1976. It has 405 pages. Additional remarks, yellowed pages on front endpaper, dust jacket heavy foxing.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Patrick White

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Fine, Dust Jacket: Poor with some silverfish damage, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


A novel by Patrick White, a Nobel Prize-winning Australian writer. The novel tells the story of Ellen Roxburgh, a young Cornish woman who travels to Australia with her husband in the early nineteenth century. After surviving a shipwreck on a coral reef, she is captured by Aboriginal people and later rescued by an escaped convict. She returns to civilization transformed by her experiences of hardship, violence, and love. The novel explores the themes of identity, culture, and survival in a colonial setting. The novel was published by Jonathan Cape in 1976. It has 405 pages. Additional remarks, yellowed pages on front endpaper, dust jacket heavy foxing.