Pageant

by G.B. Lancaster

Pageant (1933) is a novel by Australian author G. B. Lancaster (pen-name for Edith Joan Lyttleton). It won the ALS Gold Medal for Best Novel in 1933.

The novel follows the fortunes of three Tasmanian families from 1926 to the twentieth century.

407 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 1933

About the author

Pen name for Edith Joan Lyttelton (1873—1945) who was an Australasian author. Under the name of G.B. Lancaster, Edith Lyttleton wrote over a dozen novels and some 250 short stories, mostly narratives of romance and adventure set in the remote back country of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. She was New Zealand's most widely read author overseas in the first half of the twentieth century, reaching millions of readers. Writing first from her family's Canterbury sheep station, in the face of fierce parental opposition, she later travelled widely, researching her stories in the Yukon, Nova Scotia, and Tasmania. This book is a fascinating account of the harsh experience of a gifted woman writer forced to earn her own living but struggling to move beyond the limits of potboilers to more serious work.' to 'Pen name for Edith Joan Lyttelton (1873—1945) who was an Australasian author (born in Australia and raised in New Zealand). Under the name of G.B. Lancaster, Edith Lyttleton wrote over a dozen novels and some 250 short stories, mostly narratives of romance and adventure set in the remote back country of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. She was New Zealand's most widely read author overseas in the first half of the twentieth century, reaching millions of readers. Writing first from her family's Canterbury sheep station, in the face of fierce parental opposition, she later travelled widely, researching her stories in the Yukon, Nova Scotia, and Tasmania. This book is a fascinating account of the harsh experience of a gifted woman writer forced to earn her own living but struggling to move beyond the limits of potboilers to more serious work. Lancaster was awarded the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal in 1933.