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Maurice Guest

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Full Title:

Maurice Guest

Contributors:

By (Author) Henry Handel Richardson
Introduction by Clive Probyn

ISBN:

9781920899042

Publisher:

Sydney University Press

Imprint:

Sydney University Press

Publication Date:

1st July 2008

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

A823.2

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

628

Dimensions:

Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 47mm

Weight:

685g

Description

An autobiographical novel set in the musical culture of 1890s Leipzig, where Richardson was a student from 1889 to 1892. An international cast of music students perform, debate, love and drink in an intense and self-possessed world in Leipzig the context to Maurice's consuming obsession for the elusive Louise Dufrayer, an Australian femme fatale.

Author Bio

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (Henry Handel) (1870-1946) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who spent much of her time living in Germany and in London.

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