Elizabeth Jolley

During her lifetime, Elizabeth Jolley established a formidable international reputation for her unique combination of unsentimental realism and original humour. Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories brings together two highly acclaimed collections of Jolley's short fiction in a new edition. Five Acre Virgin and The Travelling Entertainer introduced Jolley as a major Australian talent and she went on to win...

Weekly, nicknamed The Newspaper, cleans the houses on Claremont Street, spreading the neighbourhood gossip as she works. No one knows or cares where Weekly goes in her spare time, or what she dreams of at night—no one, that is, until Nastasya discovers her secret. The Newspaper of Claremont Street reveals the intricate details of a seemingly ordinary woman's life, offering...

Driving one night along the deserted track that leads to the farm, Miss Hester Harper and Katherine run into a mysterious creature. They dump the body into the farm's deep well, but the voice of the injured intruder will not be stilled. The closer Katherine is drawn to the edge of the well, the farther away she gets from Hester....