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Book - A Fictional Story, William Heinemann Ltd, Ultima Thule, 1929
... ...Ethel Florence Lindesay...The author, Henry Handel Richardson, was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (1870–1946). She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was the daughter of Dr Walter Lindesay Richardson, an Irish-born physician who suffered a tragic mental decline and died when she was young, an experience that directly inspired the novel Ultima Thule. ...Ulima Thule
Author: Ethel Florence Lindesay ( Pen Name Henry Handel Richardson)
Publisher: William Heinemann & Co
Date: 1929
Further Information: Black Cloth front hardcover with lettering and embossed patterning. ...The author, Henry Handel Richardson, was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (1870–1946). She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was the daughter of Dr Walter Lindesay Richardson, an Irish-born physician who suffered a tragic mental decline and died when she was young, an experience that directly inspired the novel Ultima Thule. ...
Ultima Thule (1929) is the landmark third and final novel in the acclaimed trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Ethel Florence Lindesay ( Pen Name Henry Handel Richardson). The synopsis of Ultima Thule follows the final, tragic chapter of Dr Richard Mahony's life. Having lost his wealth due to poor investments and misplaced trust, the forty-nine-year-old Mahony returns to Australia financially ruined. Forced to restart his medical practice in the rural Victorian towns of Chiltern and Koroit, Mahony suffers a severe physical and mental breakdown driven by early-onset neurosyphilis and profound alienation from his surroundings. The narrative focuses on mental and physical decay, with a harrowing and realistic depiction of Mahony's descent into dementia and insanity. The psychological struggle of his steadfast wife, Mary (Polly), is also depicted, as she steps up to support the family amidst social stigma and poverty within the harsh Australian landscape, alongside her own alienation as an exile in an unyielding environment.
Hard cover book. Ulima Thule
Author: Ethel Florence Lindesay ( Pen Name Henry Handel Richardson)
Publisher: William Heinemann & Co
Date: 1929
Further Information: Black Cloth front hardcover with lettering and embossed patterning. Rebound brown spine with red reinforced cloth strip. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionUltima Thule (1929) is the landmark third and final novel in the acclaimed trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Ethel Florence Lindesay ( Pen Name Henry Handel Richardson). The synopsis of Ultima Thule follows the final, tragic chapter of Dr Richard Mahony's life. Having lost his wealth due to poor investments and misplaced trust, the forty-nine-year-old Mahony returns to Australia financially ruined. Forced to restart his medical practice in the rural Victorian towns of Chiltern and Koroit, Mahony suffers a severe physical and mental breakdown driven by early-onset neurosyphilis and profound alienation from his surroundings. The narrative focuses on mental and physical decay, with a harrowing and realistic depiction of Mahony's descent into dementia and insanity. The psychological struggle of his steadfast wife, Mary (Polly), is also depicted, as she steps up to support the family amidst social stigma and poverty within the harsh Australian landscape, alongside her own alienation as an exile in an unyielding environment.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, ultima thule, henry handel richardson, ethel florence lindesay
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