Elizabeth Macarthur's letters

Resource Information

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Label

Elizabeth Macarthur's letters

Statement of responsibility

edited by Kate Grenville

Creator

• Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850

Contributor

• Grenville, Kate, 1950-

Author

• Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850

Editor

• Grenville, Kate, 1950-

Subject

• Macarthur, John, 1767-1834
• New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851
• Personal correspondence
• Women farmers -- Australia -- Correspondence
• Australia -- History -- 1788-1851
• Women pioneers -- New South Wales -- Correspondence
• Macarthur, Elizabeth, 1766-1850

Genre

• Personal correspondence
• Correspondence

Language

eng

Summary

These letters were the starting point for Kate Grenville's bestselling novel A Room Made of Leaves. They inspired the portrait of her imagined Elizabeth Macarthur: shrewd, subtle, passionate. And they offer a glimpse into the complex inner life of one of our most powerful foremothers. Yet, until now, a general reader could only access a handful of them. This book offers an edited selection, with commentary from Grenville, of the many letters Elizabeth Macarthur wrote 'home' from colonial Sydney over her long lifeletters in which we can hear the voice of a remarkable woman. Circumstances confronted her with huge challenges, but also gave her opportunities unknown to most women of the time. It was a life of tumult, of griefs and joysall faced with spirit, and recorded in this lively and engaging correspondence

Biography type

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult