My Brilliant Career: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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My Brilliant Career is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Franklin, Miles (1879–1954).
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"My Brilliant Career" by Miles Franklin is a novel written in 1901. Set in rural Australia during the 1890s, it follows Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong and imaginative young woman struggling against poverty, family dysfunction, and the monotony of outback life. When wealthy Harold Beecham proposes marriage, Sybylla must choose between security and her dreams of independence. This semi-autobiographical debut explores a young woman's fierce determination to forge her own path, even when that path remains uncertain.
Book and edition facts
- Title: My Brilliant Career
- Author credits: Franklin, Miles (1879–1954)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Australia -- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Young women -- Fiction
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- Australia
- Category: Novels
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