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Elizabeth Harrower

Born

in Sydney, Australia

February 08, 1928

Genre

Fiction

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Elizabeth Harrower is an Australian novelist and short story writer.

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Elizabeth Harrower is regarded as one of Australia's most important postwar writers, and is enjoying a recent literary revival. Born in Sydney in 1928, her first novel, Down in the City, was published in 1957 and was followed by The Long Prospect (1958) and The Catherine Wheel (1960). Her most well-known work, The Watch Tower, was published in 1966 to huge acclaim. Four years later she finished In Certain Circles , but withdrew it before publication for reasons she has never publicly spoken of. The manuscript was rediscovered recently by her publisher who felt it should be published immediately. Harrower has since received rave reviews, including comparisons ...more

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Average rating: 3.45 · 2,436 ratings · 423 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower, Joan London (Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 1,288 ratings — published 1966 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Certain Circles 3.13 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories 3.54 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Prospect by Elizabeth Harrower, Fiona McGregor (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1958 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down in the City by Elizabeth Harrower, Delia Falconer (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1957 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Catherine Wheel 3.21 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1960 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Australian Stories 2016 by Charlotte Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paddy O'Reilly (Contributor), Julie Koh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.08 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice liked it 3.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Australian Short Stories by Douglas Alexander Stewart (Editor), Beatrice Davis (Editor), Mena Abdullah (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill Your Darlings, October 2015 by Brigid Mullane (Editor), Philip Brophy (Contributor), Claire Varley (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The city, to her, meant a few particular blocks - the best blocks - lying together in a neat rectangle, linked by arcades and department stores; three streets one way, cut by four at right angles, bound at the top by gardens, self-enclosed at the bottom and either end. Three or four times a week she walked the streets of these blocks, smelt the coffee, the flowers, the rich expensive leather, the cosmetics.”
― Elizabeth Harrower, Down in the City

tags: australia, city, downtown, sydney, urban

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“For five days the city had wilted under a hard sky, sweltering in a temperature that stayed fixed in the middle nineties. Even at night there was no relief from the heat. Pyjamas and nighties stuck clammily to damp skin. Half-clad, self-pitying figures rose, exasperated by insomnia, to stumble through darkened rooms in search of a cooler plot than their bed, hoping that, all accidentally, they might waken any gross sleeper the house contained. Cold water ran hot from the taps, and the roads turned to tar.”
― Elizabeth Harrower, Down in the City

tags: australia, heat, summer, sydney

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“Well, you know what men are. Anything new gets them in.”
― Elizabeth Harrower, The Watch Tower

tags: male-female-relationships, male-thinking, manhood, men, tyranny

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