My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin

My Brilliant Career is an autobiographical novel from Australia. I first read it when I was a teenager; loving its feminist independence, but let down by the lack of traditional romance á la Cartland. I then re-read it 30 years later - and whilst I still loved it, I took a much more cynical stance, concentrating much less on the romance of the book and much more on the social statements and the historical commentary. I no longer desire traditional romance and fairytale endings - and this has helped me to appreciate the novel even more. Miles Franklin wrote My Brilliant Career in 1901, describing her childhood growing up on a farm in New South Wales and her ...  Read the complete review