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Maurice Guest

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Maurice Guest
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Henry Handel Richardson
Introduction by Clive Probyn
SeriesAustralian Classics Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:628
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 148
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781920899042
ClassificationsDewey:A823.2
Audience
General

Publishing Details
Publisher Sydney University Press
Imprint Sydney University Press
Publication Date 1 July 2008
Publication Country Australia

Description

An autobiographical novel set in the musical culture of 1890s Leipzig, where Richardson was a student from 1889 to 1892. An international cast of music students perform, debate, love and drink in an intense and self-possessed world in Leipzig the context to Maurice's consuming obsession for the elusive Louise Dufrayer, an Australian femme fatale.

Author Biography

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (Henry Handel) (1870-1946) was an Australian novelist and short story writer who spent much of her time living in Germany and in London.