Erica Maxwell Erica Maxwell i(A42884 works by)
Writing name for: Lillian M. Pyke
Gender: Female
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1 The Goddess in the Machine Erica Maxwell , 1926 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 December vol. 61 no. 729 1926; (p. 1333-1339)
2 1 y separately published work icon A Wife by Proxy Erica Maxwell , London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1926 Z1329267 1926 single work novel

'Julian Firth, a young Australian, agrees to contract a formal marriage with a Russian aristocrat in order that she might be able to leave Moscow. He finds, however, that he has married somebody else, and that the girl he should have married has committed a murder. The tangle is straightened out in the end, and happiness follows. It is quite a good story, well told, with the interest well sustained, but one feels that an Australian novelist is on safer ground when dealing with scenes that are more familiar than Russian, and with mentality less erotic and esoteric.'

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'Erica Maxwell', The Queenslander, 16 October 1926, p.8.

1 y separately published work icon Clem Erica Maxwell , London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1925 Z1329258 1925 single work novel
1 Judge Not Erica Maxwell , 1924 single work novel adventure romance

'Phillip Masters is a resident engineer in charge of the construction of a railway from Thandara to Windoona, Queensland. He becomes acquainted with Helen James, daughter of Professor Hubert James, ornithologist, the tenant of Yonga Park whilst she is sketching a kingfisher. Angela, the daughter of Mike Hodson, sleeper-cutter, and Clem, his step-daughter, appear upon the scene. Later, at the tents they occupy, Joe Pratt asks Clem to marry him, and he is told that he is 'too late.' Helen, much impressed by the beauty and refinement of Clem, desires to paint her portrait. Mike Hodson consents, provided that he is paid for every sitting of his step-daughter. Meanwhile, Arthur James, Helen's brother, who has returned from the war, is leading a dissolute life in Melbourne, and has told his pal Forsyth that 'the old man kicked me out and cut off my allowance.' He becomes intimate with the wealthy Hetherton family.' (From author's Synopsis p569, 1 August 1924.)

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