One Black Summer and A Boat Load of Home Folk Review
A perceptive appraisal of Barbara Jefferis and Thea Astley novels. The critique notes Jefferis’s witty self awareness and intricate puzzles in One Black Summer, and Astley’s stark realism as characters face crisis in A Boat Load of Home Folk. It highlights satire on art, law, and social norms with strong Australian voices.
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Thea Astley
Angus and Robertson
Barbara Jefferis
Miss Jefferis
Seymour Crane
Crane
Miss Astley
Penelope Hallowell
Dinah Wood
Martin Byrne
Chips are on Little England in the Century of War
Arthur Marwick's social history argues that Britain's two total wars in the 20th century accelerated social change, lifting Labour, women, and public health, while reshaping economy and politics toward a modern industrial society. The book, lively yet critical, sees war as a catalyst rather than catastrophe and frames Britain as slipping from empire to Little England.
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Britain
Arthur Marwick
the Bodley Head
Mr Marwick
R. D. Blumenfeld
Daily Express
Marwick
Korea
Taylor
Havighurst
Seaman
Harry Hopkins
Great Britain
Little England
Mrs Meo
Japan
Ben Chiffey
Curtin
Labor
Volodya
Inka
Ravages and Melinda: a study of the new woman in prose
Violette Leduc and Gaia Servadio pieces critique female truth in modern writing. Therese and Melinda trace awakening, liberty, and loneliness through intimate autobiography and satire. The review contrasts Leduc’s restrained psychology with Melinda’s satirical excess and notes both portrayals as two faces of the New Woman.
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Violette Leduc
Derek Coltman
Arthur Barker
Price
Melinda
Gaia Servadio
L. E. Conrad
Weidenfeld and
Nicolson
LE Leduc
George Eliot
George Sand
Henry Handel Richardson
Jane Austen
Lady Murasaki
Madame de Sevigny
Mary McCarthy
Simone de Beauvoir
Mlle Leduc
Sartre
Mile Leduc
Bond
Mailer
Patrick White
Hotel du Midi
William Mostyn-Owen
Gaia Servadin
Therese
Japan's abortive radio war in Australia 1941 1945
Review of L D Meo's Japan's Radio War on Australia 1941 1945. The analysis argues wartime propaganda had little effect on civilian morale or war outcome while revealing Japanese attitudes and aims. Trade links and strategic aims are weighed, with critiques of factual errors and contemporary commentary.
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Japan
Australia
L. D. Meo
Topaganda
Mee
McMahon Ball
South-East Asia
Meo
Greater East Asia
Tanaka
Imperial General Headquarters
Coral Sea
Midway
Glass Man and the Golden Bird reviewed as a lively Hungarian tale collection
Ruth Manning-Sanders adapts Hungarian folk and fairy tales with polished spontaneous prose and gentle humor for children. The book presents magical adventures that lead to wisdom, with attractive printing and traditional illustrations that invite imaginative readers of all ages.
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Glass Man
Ruth Manning-Sanders
Oxford University Press
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