| Publisher | Melbourne University Publishing Limited |
| Imprint | The Miegunyah Press |
| Publisher Series | Miegunyah Modern Library |
| First Published by | Harcourt Brace & Company |
| Introduction by | Drusilla Modjeska |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Miriam Rosenbloom |
| Cover Art by | Miriam Rosenbloom |
| Text Design | Peter Long |
| Author photo/portrait | Jacqueline Mitelman |
| Copyright Holder (Text) | Christina Stead |
| Copyright Holder | Estate of Christina Stead |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Drusilla Modjeska |
| Copyright Holder (Design) | Melbourne University Publishing Limited |
| Copyright Holder (Photos) | Jacqueline Mitelman |
| Typeset by | TypeSkill |
| Printed by | Griffin Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Australia |
| Copyright | 1946 |
| This Edition Published | 2011 |
| Copyright | 2011 |
| Reprinted | 2011 |
| Pages / Font | 575 pages |
| Barcode | 9 780522 853704 |
| ISBN | 978-0-522-85370-4 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | A823.2 |
| Chapters | Introduction
Sea People
The Island Continent
1. Brown Seaweed and Old Fish Nets
2. The Countless Flaming Eyes of the Flesh
3. Malfi's Wedding
4. She Had
5. It Was High Tide at Nine-thirty
6. Lance with His Head in His Hand
7. Leo Was Lost in Roaring Slumber
8. It Was the Hot Intolerable Hour
9. The Deed Was Extreme
10. Mr Jonathan Crow Who Coached in Latin
11. Coming Along in the Blowy Dark
12. A Train For Narara, Fifty Miles North
13. Air of Pride, Fire, and Water
14. There Are Many Abandoned Orchards in the Valley
15. At No Cost to Himself
16. A Girl Without a Coat and with Smooth Bare Head
17. The Embarkation for Life
18. Innuendos of Love
19. Property Is Everything
20. The Infernal Compact with Herself
21. Love Is Feared: It Dissolves Society
22. Still Three Years to Go
23. A Photograph from the Tyrol
24. "So Haggard and So Woebegone"
Port of Registry: London
25. After Two Days of Yachting Weather
26. I Sit Around in Teashops
27. Five or Six Unopened Letters
28. You Do Not Stand Anywhere
29. Regular Nights
30. James Quick Lived in a Flat in Mayfair
31. Modern Is as Modern Does
32. Several Off-colour stories
33. A Deserted Saw Mill
34. Aurea Mediocritas
35. Signs of the Misogynist
36. A Fury of Only Half-spent Words
37. At the Altars of Antique Churches
38. Down the Flowering Lanes
39. Many Men Came to See Them in Fleet Street
40. "Today Put on Perfection"
41. I Am Thinking I Am Free Introduction
Sea People
The Island Continent
1. Brown Seaweed and Old Fish Nets
2. The Countless Flaming Eyes of the Flesh
3. Malfi's Wedding
4. She Had
5. It Was High Tide at Nine-thirty
6. Lance with His Head in His Hand
7. Leo Was Lost in Roaring Slumber
8. It Was the Hot Intolerable Hour
9. The Deed Was Extreme
10. Mr Jonathan Crow Who Coached in Latin
11. Coming Along in the Blowy Dark
12. A Train For Narara, Fifty Miles North
13. Air of Pride, Fire, and Water
14. There Are Many Abandoned Orchards in the Valley
15. At No Cost to Himself
16. A Girl Without a Coat and with Smooth Bare Head
17. The Embarkation for Life
18. Innuendos of Love
19. Property Is Everything
20. The Infernal Compact with Herself
21. Love Is Feared: It Dissolves Society
22. Still Three Years to Go
23. A Photograph from the Tyrol
24. "So Haggard and So Woebegone"
Port of Registry: London
25. After Two Days of Yachting Weather
26. I Sit Around in Teashops
27. Five or Six Unopened Letters
28. You Do Not Stand Anywhere
29. Regular Nights
30. James Quick Lived in a Flat in Mayfair
31. Modern Is as Modern Does
32. Several Off-colour stories
33. A Deserted Saw Mill
34. Aurea Mediocritas
35. Signs of the Misogynist
36. A Fury of Only Half-spent Words
37. At the Altars of Antique Churches
38. Down the Flowering Lanes
39. Many Men Came to See Them in Fleet Street
40. "Today Put on Perfection"
41. I Am Thinking I Am Free Show all ▾ |
| Notes | The Miegunyah Press an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing Limited First published in 1945 by Harcourt, Brace & Company This edition published 2011 Reprinted 2011 Text © Christina Stead, 1946, © Estate of Christina Stead, 2011 Introduction © Drusilla Modjeska, 2011 Design and typography © Melbourne University Publishing Limited, 2011 Text design by Peter Long Typeset by TypeSkill Cover design and illustration by Miriam Rosenbloom Printed by Griffin Press in South Australia Cover design and illustration by Miriam Rosenbloom Author photograph © Jacqueline Mitelman; courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia |
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