My Brilliant Career

Miles Franklin (1879–1954) — a famous writer, a classic of Australian literature — published her first book at the age of twenty. The autobiographical novel "My Brilliant Career" caused a real stir in society and remains Franklin's best work (its... fame in Australia can be compared to the popularity of "Little Women" by L. M. Alcott). The main character of this passionate, bold, and amusing book lives on a cattle farm and dreams of a musical career. She senses within herself a talent and a capacity to conquer millions of adoring hearts, but instead, she has to milk cows and graze sheep in forty-degree heat. Sibyl fiercely resists the fate that is laid out for her, yet time and again she loses the battle against the laws and mores of society. And even her first love seems to bring Sibyl only suffering... For the first time in Russian!