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The secret of hanging rock : Joan Lindsay's final chapter / with an introduction by John Taylor ; commentary by Yvonne Rousseau.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Exile Bay, NSW : ETT Imprint, 2023.Description: 39 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781922698865
Subject(s): Summary: "Joan Lindsay's classic novel Picnic at Hanging Rock is a subtle blend of mysterious and sinister events set in a period of Australian social life drawn with loving nostalgia. The final chapter of the novel was removed at the request of her publishers, creating a mystery to which thousands have begged to know the solution. The missing chapter reveals what did happen to the schoolgirls who vanished from Hanging Rock after a St Valentines Day picnic in 1900."-- publishers blurb.
List(s) this item appears in: April 2024 Australian Titles | April 2024 General Fiction | Australian General Fiction
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New book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction LIN Picnic Available 073130
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Final chapter of Joan Lindsey's 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'

"Joan Lindsay's classic novel Picnic at Hanging Rock is a subtle blend of mysterious and sinister events set in a period of Australian social life drawn with loving nostalgia. The final chapter of the novel was removed at the request of her publishers, creating a mystery to which thousands have begged to know the solution. The missing chapter reveals what did happen to the schoolgirls who vanished from Hanging Rock after a St Valentines Day picnic in 1900."-- publishers blurb.

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