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Henry Handel Richardson

Born

in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

January 03, 1870

Died

March 20, 1946

Website

http://www.henryhandelrichardsonsociety.org.au/...

Genre

Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson Robertson for mixed motives used and adopted Henry Handel Richardson, a pen-name that probably militated against recognition especially when feminist literary history began. Maurice Guest was highly praised in Germany when it first appeared in translation in 1912, but received a bad press in England, though it influenced other novelists. The publishers bowdlerized the language for the second imprint. The trilogy suffered from the long intervals between its three volumes: Australia Felix (1917); The Way Home (1925) and Ultima Thule (1929). The last brought overnight fame and the three volumes were published as one in 1930. Her fame in England was short-lived; as late as 1977, when Virago Press republished T ...more

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Henry Handel Richardson’s books

Average rating: 3.67 · 2,946 ratings · 322 reviews · 73 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson, Clive Probyn (Editor), Bruce Steele (Editor) 3.48 avg rating — 1,680 ratings — published 1910 — 174 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
	Fortunes of Richard Mahony 4.17 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1930 — 62 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
	Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson, Leonie Kramer (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1917 — 55 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
	Maurice Guest 3.65 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1908 — 112 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
	Çocukluğun Sonu 3.61 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1934 — 13 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
	Ultima Thule 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1929 — 27 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 Way Home (Fortunes of Richard Mahony #2) by Henry Handel Richardson, Leonie Kramer (Introduction) 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1925 — 19 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
	And Women Must Weep 3.37 avg rating — 30 ratings	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
	Myself When Young 3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	Two Hanged Women 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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

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Series by Henry Handel Richardson

The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (4 books)
by

Henry Handel Richardson

4.01 avg rating — 603 ratings

The Letters of Henry Handel Richardson (3 books)
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Henry Handel Richardson,

Bruce Steele (Editor),

Clive Probyn (Editor),

Rachel Solomon (Editor)

4.17 avg rating — 375 ratings

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“After all, there was something rather pleasant in knowing that you were misunderstood. It made you feel different from everyone else.”
― Henry Handel Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom

tags: adolescence, angst, humour, misunderstood

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“The most sensitive,the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child ”
― Henry Handel Richardson

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“Laura began to model herself more and more on those around her; to grasp that the unpardonable sin is to vary from the common mould.”
― Henry Handel Richardson, The Getting of Wisdom

tags: adolescence, conformity, individuality, peer-pressure, school

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December 2024 Old School Classics Poll

Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope, 1861, 82 pages

70 votes, 35.9%

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, 1839, 185 pages

40 votes, 20.5%

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 1678, 344 pages

37 votes, 19.0%

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912, 186 pages

31 votes, 15.9%

The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson, 1910, 282 pages

17 votes, 8.7%

195 total votes

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