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Charmian and George : the marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift by Brown, Max, 1916- is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Charmian and George : the marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift about?
This book is about a marriage, and a tumultuous one, but it also challenges and explores the myth of greatness surrounding the late George H Johnston, double winner of the Miles Franklin Award. It is about a husband-and-wife partnership that was lived out in public and in print and brought each partner their share of notoriety and fame. Success came unexpectedly on their return to Australia in 1964 -- to George with My Brother Jack and to Charmian with an immensely popular column syndicated in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Melbourne. Readers were shocked in July 1969 when she committed suicide on the eve of publication of 'Clean Straw for Nothing', which dealt largely with the illicit affairs of a woman recognisable as herself. Drawing on biographical information and a shrewd reading of their writing, Max Brown gives a compelling portrait of the intense, and sometimes harrowing, careers of two of Australia's best loved writers. Max Brown was a contemporary of George Johnston, though he outlasted him by a third of a century. Both went through World War II, Johnston as correspondent extraordinaire, Max in the RAAF, after which they worked together on the Melbourne Argus and
Who reads Charmian and George : the marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Brown, Max, 1916-
- Publisher
- Rosenberg; Roseberg Pub
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781877058158
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 2.62 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14