• The Harp In THe South
  • Author : Ruth Park
  • Publisher : Angus & Robertson
  • Publication Date : 1948
  • Genre : Novel
  • Pages : 229
  • First Edition : Yes
  • Binding : Hardback
  • Dustwrapper : Yes
  • Comments : First edition with hard to find Dustwrapper
  • Summary : Since it was first published in 1948, this compassionate novel has become a favourite with generations of Australian readers. The Harp in the South is a nostalgic and moving portrait of the eventful family life of the Darcys of Number Twelve-and-a-Half Plymouth Street in Surry Hills, a Sydney slum. There grow the bitter-sweet first and last loves of Roie Darcy, who becomes a woman too quickly amid the brothels and the razor gangs, the tenements and the sly-grog shops. Ruth Park is a classic storyteller. In this novel she brings to life a community where, despite the odds, life is always exuberant and full of promise.
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