Letters Of Henry Handel Richardson To Nettie Palmer

Second of a 3-volume edited collection of letters of Ethel Richardson, who wrote under the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson and whose publications included 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'. This volume covers the period from the middle of WWI to 1933. Her correspondents included Mary Kernot, an old school friend, and writers Miles Franklin and Nettie Palmer. Provides information about Richardson's life and writings and her relationships with various contemporary figures. Includes chronology, explanatory notes, indexes and ribbon marker. The editors teach in the English department of Monash University.

The Council of the National Library, in arranging a one day seminar, an evening public lecture and an exhibition for 23 November, 1970 to honour the centenary of Henry Handel Richardson's birth, decided also to publish a Henry Handel Richardson bibliography. This bibliography records not only printed works, but also a range of other source materials including the writer's original manuscripts held in the National Library. It has been compiled by Gay Howells who has also chosen the items for exhibition.

These volumes contain approximately 1500 letters to and from Henry Handel Richardson. They form a correspondence between Australia, England, Germany, Italy and the USA over a 70 year period, 1874 to 1946.

The story of four remarkable women traversing the literary landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Australia, from one of our nation's most eminent historians.