The Very Secretive And Passionate Stella Miles Franklin
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The first novel ever written about Miles Franklin: bold, brilliant, and blazingly modern.
The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend.
Australia, 1901. Just twenty years old and the daughter of struggling bush farmers, Miles Franklin pulls off the impossible—publishing My Brilliant Career, a fiery, fearless debut that takes the English-speaking world by storm. She hides behind a male pseudonym, but when her true identity is revealed, the backlash is swift and brutal.
Alone, broke, and undaunted, Miles sails for America. What follows is a wild, inspiring journey: years of activism, deep friendships, exhilarating love affairs, and an unshakable belief in the power of words. From the suffrage movement in Chicago to the cultural salons of Europe, she never stops writing, never stops fighting.
Eventually, she returns to Australia—to critics who had written her off—and delivers a dazzling comeback.
Today, her name is synonymous with Australia's most prestigious literary awards: the Miles Franklin Award and the Stella Prize. But behind the legend was a woman fiercely devoted to her freedom, her craft, and her ideals.
With a novelist's flair and a historian's eye, Alexandra Lapierre brings Miles Franklin to brilliant life in this vivid portrait of one of Australia's greatest literary trailblazers.
"A pure delight." - Elle
"Strikingly audacious!" - France Dimanche
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781787706286
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Contributors:
- Translated by Tina Kover
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 496
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About the Author
Alexandra Lapierre is a bestselling French novelist, short story writer, and biographer. She graduated from Sorbonne University and the University of Southern California. Among her works that bring back to life great women and characters neglected by history is the international bestseller Artemisia (Vintage, 2012). Her books have been published in more than twenty countries.
Tina Kover is a literary translator whose works include The Black City by George Sand, and Adelaïde Bon's The Little Girl on the Ice Floe. For Europa she translated Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, and Older Brother by Mahir Guven.
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