Show Notes
Welcome to the second of our 3-part series celebrating the iconic Australian feminist novel My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin. In this episode, Caitlin and Michelle are discussing the novel, originally published in 1901.
About the book:
Growing up on her parents’ outback farm, Sybylla is desperate to read, write, sing and achieve great things.
Yet her aspirations for a ‘brilliant career’ are persistently thwarted, first by the arduous demands of rural family life, and later by the shackles of a proposed conventional marriage to the wealthy Harold Beecham.
With only her brilliant, conflicted mind to guide her, Sybylla is forced to define a life on her own terms.
*Caitlin accessed a copy through her work at Harper Collins.
For your convenience, here's everything else we mentioned in this episode: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery My Brilliant Career, Smith & Taylor classics edition
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