by wadholloway | Nov 11, 2022 | Extracts
by Anonymous. Sex is handled fearlessly and without explanation. In this respect the book may shock older generations. Nevertheless, there is no suspicion of nastiness.
by Debbie Robson | Nov 9, 2022 | Guest Posts, Reviews
by Debbie Robson. To me, as a reader in the 21st century the novel is not the melodrama that Dark and even her biographer, Barbara Brooks, claims it is. I found the book a wonderful barometer of the twenties.
by Stories from the Archive | Jul 29, 2022 | Article, Round-ups
by “G.M.M.” An article on the author Eleanor Dark, whose juvenilia was discussed on Wednesday. THE fact that one of our most highly-praised novels should have emanated from a woman who lives in the seclusion of Katoomba is not surprising, for Katoomba...
by whisperinggums | Jul 27, 2022 | Article
by Whispering Gums An article on some of the juvenilia written by Eleanor Dark, best known for her The timeless land trilogy. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Over the last two months we’ve posted on the...
by Meg Brayshaw | Aug 28, 2017 | Article, Guest Posts
Above my desk I keep a black and white photograph of a woman sitting outside on a bench in a checked house dress, casually leaning next to an enormous pile of papers. The woman is Eleanor Dark, and the pile of papers is the manuscript for Storm of Time (1948), the...