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My Brilliant CareerMiles Franklin

My Brilliant Career

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Original author: Miles Franklin

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"My Brilliant Career" by Miles Franklin is a novel written in 1901. Set in rural Australia during the 1890s, it follows Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong and imaginative young woman struggling against poverty, family dysfunction, and the monotony of outback life. When wealthy Harold Beecham proposes marriage, Sybylla must choose between security and her dreams of independence. This semi-autobiographical debut explores a young woman's fierce determination to forge her own path, even when that path remains uncertain.

My Brilliant Career, by Miles Franklin. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #11620.

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40 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface278 words
  2. 2.Introduction430 words
  3. 3.Chapter ONE: I Remember, I Remember1,262 words
  4. 4.Chapter TWO: An Introduction to Possum Gully944 words
  5. 5.Chapter THREE: A Lifeless Life1,539 words
  6. 6.Chapter FOUR: A Career Which Soon Careered To An End1,467 words
  7. 7.Chapter FIVE: Disjointed Sketches And Grumbles2,781 words
  8. 8.Chapter SIX: Revolt2,517 words
  9. 9.Chapter SEVEN: Was E’er a Rose Without Its Thorn?3,449 words
  10. 10.Chapter EIGHT3,482 words
  11. 11.Chapter NINE: Aunt Helen’s Recipe2,562 words
  12. 12.Chapter TEN: Everard Grey3,026 words
  13. 13.Chapter ELEVEN: Yah!2,710 words
  14. 14.Chapter TWELVE: One Grand Passion2,080 words
  15. 15.Chapter THIRTEEN: He2,873 words
  16. 16.Chapter FOURTEEN: Principally Letters2,220 words
  17. 17.Chapter FIFTEEN: When the Heart is Young1,628 words
  18. 18.Chapter SIXTEEN: When Fortune Smiles2,578 words
  19. 19.Chapter SEVENTEEN: Idylls of Youth3,640 words
  20. 20.Chapter EIGHTEEN853 words
  1. 21.Chapter NINETEEN: The 9th of November 18962,733 words
  2. 22.Chapter TWENTY: Same Yarn—continued2,933 words
  3. 23.Chapter TWENTY-ONE: My Unladylike Behaviour Again1,668 words
  4. 24.Chapter TWENTY-TWO: Sweet Seventeen2,964 words
  5. 25.Chapter TWENTY-THREE2,737 words
  6. 26.Chapter TWENTY-FOUR: Thou Knowest Not What a Day May Bring Forth1,451 words
  7. 27.Chapter TWENTY-FIVE: Because?1,676 words
  8. 28.Chapter TWENTY-SIX: Boast Not Thyself of Tomorrow2,977 words
  9. 29.Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN: My Journey983 words
  10. 30.Chapter TWENTY-EIGHT: To Life2,578 words
  11. 31.Chapter TWENTY-NINE: To Life—continued4,284 words
  12. 32.Chapter THIRTY: Where Ignorance is Bliss, ’Tis Folly to be Wise1,837 words
  13. 33.Chapter THIRTY-ONE: Mr M’Swat and I Have a Bust-up2,707 words
  14. 34.Chapter THIRTY-TWO: Ta-ta to Barney’s Gap1,076 words
  15. 35.Chapter THIRTY-THREE: Back at Possum Gully1,560 words
  16. 36.Chapter THIRTY-FOUR: But Absent Friends are Soon Forgot2,267 words
  17. 37.Chapter THIRTY-FIVE: The 3rd of December 18981,671 words
  18. 38.Chapter THIRTY-SIX: Once Upon a Time, When the Days Were Long and Hot3,629 words
  19. 39.Chapter THIRTY-SEVEN: He that despiseth little things, shall fall little by little1,336 words
  20. 40.Chapter THIRTY-EIGHT: A Tale that is told and a Day that is done771 words