Miles Franklin’s debut novel follows the vivacious and rebellious
sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn – closely modelled on Franklin herself
– as she fights to break free of restrictive bush life. 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.
My Brilliant Career is acclaimed for capturing the spirit of Australia
at the turn of the twentieth century. The struggles of its fiery,
precocious protagonist shine a light on the emergent women’s rights and
suffrage movement during this period, and memorably evoke the intensity
of youth.
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