Ann wrote > I would have expected Australian books to be less class-ridden than > English, but this doesn't seem to be the case for Turner.
Ethel Turner was born in England though, so perhaps English attitudes are to be expected. Her mother brought Ethel and her sisters to Australia when she was about 10. A semi-autobiographical novel of her early life is "Three little maids". Maybe Australia is not as class ridden as England, but there are definitely classes! The squattocracy that Mary Grant Bruce was so fond of for example - and as a contrast to the lordly wonderful types at Billabong, the poor subsistance farmers in Anderson's Jo. Dirty, diseased, ill educated and no morals they were. Just like all their type of course. Well it must be true - I read it in a book. Cheers Di -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
