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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream, 1972
Published posthumously in 1972, “The Great Great Australian Dream” was Robin Boyd’s satirical review of Australian culture at the end of the 1960s. Included, for example, were chapters on the peculiarities of the Australian accent, the prevalence of blowflies, and the unrealistic dreams of a fictional post-war architect Gordon Hope.Hardcover with Dust JacketRBF Acquisitionaustralian satire, national characteristics, humor, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream, 1972
Published posthumously in 1972, “The Great Great Australian Dream” was Robin Boyd’s satirical review of Australian culture at the end of the 1960s. Included, for example, were chapters on the peculiarities of the Australian accent, the prevalence of blowflies, and the unrealistic dreams of a fictional post-war architect Gordon Hope.Hardcover with Dust JacketRBF Acquisitionaustralian satire, national characteristics, humor, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream, 1972
Published posthumously in 1972, “The Great Great Australian Dream” was Robin Boyd’s satirical review of Australian culture at the end of the 1960s. Included, for example, were chapters on the peculiarities of the Australian accent, the prevalence of blowflies, and the unrealistic dreams of a fictional post-war architect Gordon Hope.Hardcover with Dust JacketRBF Acquisitionaustralian satire, national characteristics, humor, walsh st library -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Herbert Jenkins, Mrs Bindle : some incidents from the domestic life of the Bindles, 1940
Among other things this book narrates how Mrs Bindle caught a chill, how a nephew was born to her and what effect it had upon her outlook.p.312.fictionAmong other things this book narrates how Mrs Bindle caught a chill, how a nephew was born to her and what effect it had upon her outlook.england - fiction, satire - england -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The professor at the breakfast-table, 19??
Fictional stories of American lifep.288fictionFictional stories of American lifeamerican fiction, american satire -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Company, Mr. Punch's history of the great war, 1919
Cartoons by Punch magazine of the Great WarIndex, ill, p.303.non-fictionCartoons by Punch magazine of the Great Warworld war 1914-1918 - cartoons, world war 1914-1918 - satire -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, Mr. Punch's history of modern England v.1, 1921
A satirical history of EnglandIll, p.314.non-fictionA satirical history of Englandengland - history, england - satire -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, Mr. Punch's history of modern England v.2, 1921
A satirical history of EnglandIll, p.349.non-fictionA satirical history of Englandengland - history, england - satire -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, McMillan, Douglas Jerrold and 'Punch', 1910
Reproduces some of Jerrold's "hitherto unknown work": Capsicum house for young ladies -- The life and adventures of Miss Robinson Crusoe -- Our honeymoon -- Exhibition of the English in China.Bibliography, index, ill, p.447.non-fictionReproduces some of Jerrold's "hitherto unknown work": Capsicum house for young ladies -- The life and adventures of Miss Robinson Crusoe -- Our honeymoon -- Exhibition of the English in China.punch (london) - england, satire - britain -
The Celtic Club
Book, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent, 1964
With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel changes the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class, and boldly predicts the rise of the Irish Catholic bourgeoisie.Bib, notes, p.127.fictionWith her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel changes the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class, and boldly predicts the rise of the Irish Catholic bourgeoisie. 3. ireland - social life and customs., irish fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Chatto and Windus, The pick of 'Punch' : an annual selection, 1945
Selections from the satirical publications PunchIll, p.205.fictionSelections from the satirical publications Punchhumour - english, satire - english