![]() Phyllis Rose goes on to explain that the publication of My Brilliant Career, which Franklin thought would launch her writing career, ended up being the bane of her existence. Yet, she pines for something more than the mundane life she lives. What teenager doesn't fantasize about what they hope their life will be like? Sybylla thinks of herself as ugly and not worthy of being loved. In a NY Times review of the book, Phyllis Rose said the book should be called an "adolescent fantasy." Indeed at times I found myself wanting to knock Sybylla's head because she was behaving so immaturely, then I would have to remind myself that she was only sixteen.not just as a character but as an author. ![]() ![]() And not just your run-of-the-mill girl who is interested in boys, dances, clothes, and marriage, but a girl who dreams of life beyond the mundane, a life she dreamed as her brilliant career. Considered to be semi-autobiographical about a young girl growing up in the Outback of Australia. ![]() It was written by Miles Franklin when she was just sixteen-years-old. My Brilliant Career was published in 1901. In the midst of all the fuss during the holiday season, judging nonfiction books for the Cybils Award, and going on vacation to NYC, I have also been reading My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin as the Classics Club Spin book challenge. ![]()
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