My Brilliant Career


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(4 stars; 16 reviews)

Sybella: "There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I am one of a class, the individuals of which have no time for plots in their life, but have all they can do to get their work done without indulging in such a luxury". Like the author Miles Franklin, Sybella grows up in the bush, and as her family's fortunes decline, so her feelings rise that life should hold more for her than the relentless hard physical work farming marginal land in times of drought. (Summary by Annise) (9 hr 13 min)

Chapitres

Preface and Introduction 5:19 Lu par Annise
I Remember, I Remember 7:51 Lu par Magdalena
An Introduction to Possum Gully 6:55 Lu par Bellona Times
A Lifeless Life 10:02 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
A Career which soon Careered to an End 9:41 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
Disjointed Sketches and Grumbles 15:52 Lu par Ray Smith
Revolt 14:58 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Was e’er A Rose without its Thorn? 19:50 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Possum Gully Left Behind. Hurrah! Hurrah! 19:04 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Aunt Helen’s Recipe 14:44 Lu par skellie
Everard Grey 17:04 Lu par skellie
Yah! 17:41 Lu par Annise
One Grand Passion 13:13 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
He 19:20 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
Principally Letters 13:50 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
When the Heart is Young 13:07 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
When Fortune Smiles 20:24 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Idylls of Youth 27:36 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
As Short as I Wish had been the Majority of Sermons to which I have been Forced… 6:53 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
The 9th of November 1896 20:21 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Same Yarn (Cont.) 22:23 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
My Unladylike Behaviour Again 12:35 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Sweet Seventeen 17:40 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Ah, for one Hour of Burning Love, ’tis Worth an Age of Cold Respect! 16:13 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Thou Knowest not What a Day May Bring Forth 8:49 Lu par Linda McDaniel
Because? 9:40 Lu par Linda McDaniel
Boast not Thyself of Tomorrow 20:11 Lu par Bellona Times
My Journey 7:58 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
To Life 15:45 Lu par Magdalena
To Life (Cont.) 25:56 Lu par Magdalena
Where Ignorance is Bliss, ’tis Folly to be Wise 13:48 Lu par Ted Nugent
Mr M’Swat and I have a Bust-up 14:59 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
Ta-ta to Barney’s Gap 6:17 Lu par Magdalena
Back at Possum Gully 10:17 Lu par Jacquerie
But Absent Friends are Soon Forgot 14:55 Lu par Jacquerie
The 3rd. of December 1898 11:02 Lu par Jacquerie
Once Upon a Time, when the Days were Long and Hot 17:39 Lu par Jesse Crawford
He that Despises Little Things shall Fall Little by Little 8:09 Lu par Magdalena
A Tale that is Told, and a Day that is Done 5:24 Lu par Magdalena

Critiques

Delightful, thank you


(5 stars)

If nothing else read the last chapter, a tribute to australians, sons and daughters of the Southern Cross, of the bush and outback. beautiful. No not aussie, but I've felt a feeling like homesickness since leaving as a tourist in 2009...never felt that anywhere but Australia .

Nice


(4.5 stars)

A simple story. I like some narrations more. A few chapters' narrations were a little bit difficult to hear and understand. Thanks. 😊

Great until chapter 15


(0.5 stars)

wonderful until chapter 15. gosh.

lovely narrative


(3.5 stars)

I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for as long as I can recall, but for reasons that escape me, I’ve never ventured to read it. This rendering of an Australian classic was generally successful apart from a terrible reading in one of the later chapters. Congrats to the narrators...much appreciated😊