Title Walter and Mary : the letters of Walter and Mary Richardson / edited by Elizabeth Webby and Gillian Sykes

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2000 Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2000 ©2000

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Description xiii, 277 pages ; 23 cm Contents Pt. 1. Courtship: Ballarat and Geelong 1854-1855 -- Pt. 2. Early Marriage: Ballarat 1855-1866 -- Pt. 3. Return to England 1867-1869 -- Pt. 4. Prosperity and Parenthood: Melbourne 1869-1876 -- Pt. 5. Chiltern 1876-1877 -- Pt. 6. Queenscliff 1877 -- Richardson and Bailey Family Trees Summary "The letters Walter and Mary Richardson wrote to each other between 1854 and 1877 depict, with often surprising frankness, a loving relationship between a man and a woman that was both mutual and enduring." "Aspects of their relationship were used in their daughter's classic trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Henry Handel Richardson and her later biographers, however, tended to focus more on the man than on the woman. Certainly, many more letters from Walter survive, and Mary's letters are much more difficult to read in the original. However, they reveal her to be at least Walter's equal in passion and devotion."--BOOK JACKET Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Richardson, Henry Handel, pseudonym Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946 -- Family. Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946. Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946. Fortunes of Richard Mahoney -- Sources Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946. Fortunes of Richard Mahony Richardson, Mary, 1835-1896 -- Correspondence. Richardson, Mary, 1835-1896. Richardson, Walter Lindesay -- Correspondence Richardson, Walter Lindesay Richardson, Walter, 1825 or 1826-1879. Richardson, Walter, 1825 or 1826-1879 -- Correspondence. Australian letters. Husband and wife -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Letters -- History and criticism. Married people -- Australia -- Correspondence. Novelists, Australian -- 20th century -- Family relationships. Genre/Form Personal correspondence. Author Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946. Richardson, Mary, 1835-1896, author Richardson, Walter Lindesay, author Sykes, Gillian, editor Webby, Elizabeth, editor LC no. 2001334501 ISBN 0522849237

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