Trove Note and Summary: 'Typescript manuscript of 312 numbered pages with manuscript corrections, bound together with one cardboard back cover and a string binding. Includes a handwritten explanatory note from N.L. [Norman Lindsay] to Jane [Lindsay] written on the front cover, revealing Lindsay’s own low opinion of his creation: "I don't care much for this novel. The comedy stuff is pretty thin and the dovetailing of two groups of people not well done." It also reveals how ...
'Inherited by Jane Glad (nee Lindsay), daughter of Norman Lindsay. Upon her death, it passed into the possession of Jane Glad's daughter Helen. Jane’s will stipulated that her estate was not to be sold until after the death of long-time carer and companion Eleanor Witcombe AM (20 September 1923 – 21 October 2018). '
'Norman Lindsay’s novel for children, The Magic Pudding, turned 100 last year and was widely celebrated. But the Lindsay family’s auction of three previously unseen manuscripts could help us gain a greater understanding of his novels for adults.' (Introduction)
'Norman Lindsay’s novel for children, The Magic Pudding, turned 100 last year and was widely celebrated. But the Lindsay family’s auction of three previously unseen manuscripts could help us gain a greater understanding of his novels for adults.' (Introduction)