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Eleanor Dark

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Eleanor Dark


Born
in Sydney, Australia
August 26, 1901

Died
September 11, 1985

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Eleanor Dark (1901 - 1985) was an Australian author, most known for her historical novel The Timeless Land (1941), which became a bestseller in Australia and the USA.

Dark was born on 26 August 1901 at Croydon, Sydney, second of three children of Sydney-born parents Dowell O’Reilly, schoolteacher and author, and his wife Eleanor Grace, née McCulloch, who died in 1914 after an unhappy marriage and a period of ill health. Small, dark and elfin, 'Pixie', as she was known to her family, attended several private schools before boarding at Redlands, Neutral Bay, from 1916 to 1920.

Although Pixie had written verse from the age of 7, as the family’s finances grew tighter her hopes of university and a writing career faded. After attending Stott & Hoa
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Average rating: 3.98 · 651 ratings · 114 reviews · 22 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Timeless Land

4.04 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1941 — 49 editions
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Prelude to Christopher

3.80 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1934 — 3 editions
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Storm of time

4.28 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1948 — 14 editions
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Lantana Lane

3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1959 — 12 editions
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Return to Coolami

3.77 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1936 — 8 editions
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No Barrier

4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1953 — 13 editions
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The Little Company

3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1945 — 8 editions
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Waterway

3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1938 — 8 editions
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Sun Across The Sky

4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1937 — 4 editions
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Slow Dawning

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1932
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