The home girls / Olga Masters; introduction by Geordie Williamson
- Bib ID:
- 8051445
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Masters, Olga, 1919-1986, eauthor
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
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- Edition:
- New edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2012
- ©1982
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- ISBN:
- 9781921961748 (EPUB : :)
- Series:
- Text classics.
- Summary:
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The Home Girls is a collection of candid, witty stories about rural and suburban life. Set in the mid-twentieth century, these are tales of ordinary people and domestic life. Masters' short stories, distinguished by their acute observation of human behaviour, drew comparison with the finest exponents of the form, such as Chekhov.
- Notes:
- General.
- Awards:
- Winner, National Book Council Award, 1983.
- Subject:
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- Australian fiction -- 20th century
- Australian fiction
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Fiction
- Short stories
- Wilderness areas -- Australia -- Fiction
- Fiction - General
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1929-1939 -- Fiction
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
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