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Author | M. Barnard Eldershaw |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | George G. Harrap and Co. |
Publication date | 1929 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 359pp |
ISBN | 0-7270-0970-2 |
OCLC | 27538444 |
A House is Built (1929) is the first novel of M. Barnard Eldershaw, the joint pseudonym of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw. It is a family saga, centred around mid-nineteenth century Sydney. It was written as a result of their seeing an advertisement for The Bulletin prize. The novel won this prize in 1928, shared with Katharine Susannah Prichard's Coonardoo. It was originally serialised in abridged form in The Bulletin under the title, The Quartermaster.[1][2]