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Very Secretive And Passionate Stella Miles Franklin

Alexandra Lapierre
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Biographical fiction
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Feminist icon
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Miles Franklin Award
My Brilliant Career
Pseudonym
Stella Prize
Suffrage movement
Women writers

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  • ISBN 9781787706286
  • Dimensions: 135 x 210mm
  • Publication Date: 21 May 2026
  • Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend

Australia, 1901. Miles Franklin, the young daughter of poor bush farmers, manages to publish her first novel against all odds. A work of remarkable boldness and passion, it becomes an immense success in the English-speaking world. While she strives to maintain her anonymity under a male pseudonym, her identity is revealed and she is exposed to the misogynistic prejudices of her time. 

Alone and penniless, she sets sail for America where a life of service to the most vulnerable, and feminist causes awaits her. She forges countless friendships, experiences magnificent loves, and, through it all, nurtures her passion for writing and her ambition for literary success. 

Guided by her generosity and sense of humour, she embarks on numerous adventures across Europe before returning to her homeland. There, she will deliver a final blow to the critics who proclaimed that her wit and her genius had dried up. 
About Alexandra Lapierre
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, The Postcard and Gabriële by Anne Berest, and Older Brother by Mahir Guven. She lives in Durham.

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