Being Alone With Oneself: Essays 1968-1969 (Edited and introduced by Nadia Wheatley)

Author(s): Charmian Clift

Essays / Literary Studies

The last of the author's unanthologised writing from her weekly column in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' and the 'Melbourne Herald' of the 1960s. Covers various aspects of the changing face of Australia. By the author of 'Mermaid Singing', 'Peel Me a Lotus', 'Honour's Mimic', 'Images in Aspic' and 'The World of Charmain Clift'.


Product Information

Charmian Clift was born in Kiama, New South Wales, in 1923. She became a journalist on the Melbourne Argus newspaper after the war, and in 1947 married novelist and journalist George Johnston. Early in their marriage they collaborated on three novels, then, in 1954, they took their family to live in the Greek Islands. There, Clift wrote these accounts of her life and two novels, Honour’s Mimic and Walk to the Paradise Gardens. On returning to Australia in 1964, Clift began writing a weekly newspaper column which quickly gained a wide and devoted readership. She died in 1969.

General Fields

  • : 9780207166235
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Australia
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • : 0.32
  • : 01 May 1991
  • : 2.6 Centimeters X 20 Centimeters X 13.1 Centimeters
  • : 01 February 2024
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Charmian Clift
  • : Charmian Clift
  • : DNF
  • : DNF
  • : 344
  • : 344
  • : 1991
  • : 1991
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback