Flames of Convention
Flames of Convention was the third novel by F. J. Thwaites.[1]
| Author | F. J. Thwaites |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jackson & O'Sullivan |
Publication date | 1933 |
Plot
An artist, Brett Hardy, and his beloved, a squatter's daughter, defy convention to live their lives their own way and suffer for it. The novel is set in Sydney and rural New South Wales.[2]
Plagiarism accusations
Eighteen months after publication, it was alleged that a section of Chapter Fifteen the book closely resembled the opening chapter of Susan Lennox: Her Fall and Rise (1912) by David Phillips.[3]
Adaptation
In 1935 it was announced the book would be filmed in England but this did not happen.[4]
gollark: 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, 100 seconds per minute, or something.
gollark: It's kind of a shame that metric time never took off.
gollark: 24-hour time without the colons, isn't it?
gollark: I know someone (online) who just always says "morning" to get around that.
gollark: You can also do ┤├ or ┫┣ actually, but the spacing seems a bit messed up. Thanks Unicode Consortium.
References
- "BOOK REVIEWS". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 24 June 1933. p. 5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ""FLAMES OF CONVENTION"". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator. Leeton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- "SAME STORY, SAME WORDS IN 2 BOOKS". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- "Australian Novels To Be Filmed". The Land. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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