Maurice Guest

The Getting of Wisdom

The subject of this book is a young woman: an awkward, insecure, restless and 'knowing' child who learns that self-realisation depends on rebellion and escape, but that the latter will first demand at least the semblance of conformity. In telling lies, La

Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present

In Chloe Plus Olivia Lillian Faderman seeks no less than to radically redefine four centuries of lesbian literature, filling a need that has long been neglected: a literary anthology of lesbian writers over the past four centuries, with each piece set in

Fortunes of Richard Mahony

Set in Australia during the gold-mining boom, this remarkable trilogy is one of the classics of Australian literature.Henry Handel Richardson’s great literary achievement, comprising the novels Australia Felix, The Way Home and Ultima Thule, weaves toge