{"product_id":"my-brilliant-career-264-virago-modern-classics-9780860681939","title":"My Brilliant Career 264 Virago Modern Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM WITH BAFTA WINNING ACTRESS, JUDY DAVIS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A splendidly vivid display . . . its sharply detailed, entirely convincing voice'' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An insightful exploration of class, gender and youthful frustration'' ANITA SETHI,\u003ci\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It combines linguistic surprise and inertness in a way possible only to genius'' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1901, this Australian classic recounts the live of sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn.  Trapped on her parents'' outback farm, she simultaneously loves bush life and hates the physical burdens it imposes.  For Sybylla longs for a more refined, aesthetic lifestyle - to read, to think, to sing, but most of all to do great things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly her life is transformed.  Whisked away to live on her grandmother''s gracious property, she falls under the eye of the rich and handsome Harry Beecham.  And soon she finds herself choosing between\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003esplendidly vivid display\u003c\/b\u003e . . . carrying the reader by force of its narrative and its sharply detailed, entirely convincing voice * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMiles Franklin's 1901 debut novel remains an \u003cb\u003einsightful exploration \u003c\/b\u003eof class, gender and youthful frustration -- Anita Sethi * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIt combines linguistic surprise and inertness in a way possible only to \u003cb\u003egenius \u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e blends the intimacy of life writing with the broader scope of a story being retold * Conversation *\u003cbr\u003eUnashamedly high-spirited and romantic * COMPANY *\u003cbr\u003eA splendidly vivid display ... carrying the reader by force of its narrative and its sharply detailed, entirely convincing voice * THE TIMES *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737765687639,"sku":"9780860681939","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780860681939.jpg?v=1723811436","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-brilliant-career-264-virago-modern-classics-9780860681939","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}