Germaine Greer
Chooses The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
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| Feminist Writer and Academic |
Books include The Female Eunuch (1970), The Whole Woman (1999) and Shakespeare's Wife (2007)
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The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
Germaine Greer chooses The Getting of Wisdom by the Australian novelist聽Henry Handel Richardson. Published in 1910 it's a story of friendship and betrayal set in a girls boarding school in Melbourne. Presented by Mark Lawson.
From the Archive
Carmen Callil
Carmen Callil, the writer and founder of Virago Press,聽tells Sue Lawley why聽Henry Handel Richardson's tragic novel Maurice Guest聽is her favourite book.聽
Henry Handel Richardson
A 1944 麻豆社 recording of Henry Handel Richardson reading an extract from her聽trilogy of books聽The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, Vol. II: The Way Home.
Cultural Cringe
Writers Germaine Greer, Thomas Keneally and David Williamson discuss Australia's cultural inferiority complex.
Germaine Greer on Equality with Men
Germaine Greer explains to Mark Lawson why equality with men is not what feminists should be aiming for.
Originally broadcast on Front Row on 7 September 2007 on 麻豆社 Radio 4
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