Novels

Component identifier:

Series 2

Content Summary:

Dymphna Cusack's first novel was published in 1935 and by 1967 her 10 novels had sold over 3 million copies in 26 countries. All the novels deal with Australians in contemporary Australia or with Australians as the central characters as in Heatwave in Berlin.

Miss Cusack has won various awards and recommendations for her novels. This series contains from one to four drafts of each of the listed novels. Most of the drafts are typescript with handwritten alterations, some quite extensive. The manuscript for Unabated Spring is the original as entered in the Daily Telegraph novel competition.

A list of translations of novels and plays may be found in Box 29, File 19. Further drafts contained in Boxes 17, 22, 24, 25, 27.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Dymphna Cusack's papers were acquired in many consignments between 1959 and 1983. The last consignment was received after her death, from her stepson-in-law, Mr Jim McGrath.

Names:

Dymphna Cusack

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