Description

Written while she was still a teenager My Brilliant Career catapulted young Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin writing as Miles Franklin into worldwide fame In fact the sudden popularity of the book in Australia and the perceived closeness of the plot to her own family history caused Franklin to withdraw the book from publication until after her death
The story centers on Sybylla Melvyn a headstrong girl growing up in rural Australia whose family is plunged into debt by their alcoholic father Young Sybyllas story follows her romance with suitor Harold Beecham her forced servitude to one of her fathers creditors and her attempts to become a famous writer
Long hailed as one of the most popular and celebrated works in Australian literary history My Brilliant Career is presented here in its original and unabridged format