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A substantial work, Lucinda Brayford records the mundane life of the title character, who grows up in Melbourne as an aristocratic Anglo-Australian, then moves to London, where she is just a colonial. Although the book can be read as a social history that goes beyond World War II, its heroine also embodies Boyd's idea of the aristocratic principle.
LUCINDA BRAYFORD. by Martin Boyd ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 20, 1947. A leisurely book, somewhat old-fashioned in its rhythm, tracing three generations of an Anglo-Australian family. As an achievement in story-telling, I found the Australian section more entertaining, as Fred Vane achieves his goal of poverty to riches, while his wife lives down ...
Other articles where Lucinda Brayford is discussed: Australian literature: Literature from 1940 to 1970: These novels—particularly Lucinda Brayford (1946) and the Langton quartet, beginning with The Cardboard Crown (1952)—were chronicles too of the decline of the genteel and aristocratic tradition. Christina Stead, who also had begun writing before the war, did not win recognition until ...
Oct 24, 2003 · "Lucinda Brayford, the most widely-praised of his books, is the story of three generations of an Anglo-Australian family around the turn of the century. "Lucinda's grandfather is forced to leave England in disgrace, and settles in Australia.
Synopsis. Lucinda Brayford (Wendy Hughes) is a lively and elegant but naive 18-year-old woman. Of her two suitors, Toorak socialite Tony Duff (Sam Neill) and British aristocrat Captain Hugo Brayford (Barry Quin), she chooses to marry the dashing, amoral Hugo who carries her off to England and the ancestral home ‘Crittenden’.
Lucinda Brayford by Boyd, Martin. Topics North Collection digitallibraryindia; JaiGyan Language English. Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.149469.
Nov 28, 2020 · Die lebensfrohe Lucinda verbringt eine unbeschwerte Kindheit, heiratet den Adligen Hugo Brayford und folgt ihm in seine Heimat England. Von hier aus nimmt der gesellschaftliche und individuelle Niedergang seinen Lauf: Lebensfreude und Unbeschwertheit weichen dem Krieg und der Auflösung zivilisatorischer Errungenschaften.
