Volume 18 No. 3 — 1 May 1998

Walter and Mary Richardson’s Letters and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony

Elizabeth Webby

Abstract

Discusses the influence Richardson's reading of her parents' romantic letters may have had on the composition of The Fortunes of Richard Mahony

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Published 1 May 1998 in Volume 18 No. 3. Subjects: Characterisation, Correspondence, Family relationships, Romantic love, Writer's inspiration, Henry Handel Richardson .

Cite as: Webby, Elizabeth. ‘Walter and Mary Richardson’s Letters and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, 1998, doi: 10.20314/als.8b8fe515a7.

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