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Issue Details: First known date: 1914... 1914 The Record of Nicholas Freydon : An Autobiography
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  • A fictitious autobiography of a journalist, born in England, who commenced his career in Sydney and achieved success in London. In his fifties he came back to New South Wales and died there.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Constable ,       1914 .
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       G. H. Doran ,       1914 .
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Works about this Work

Who are You? No One : The Hacking Journalist in London Peter Morton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 111-132) ‘In 1909 the English journalist Philip Gibbs was in his early thirties and had already known both failure and success. That year he published a semiautobiographical novel, The Street of Adventure, drawing on his varied experiences. It was an immediate bestseller. The street of the title is Fleet Street. Shy, diffident Frank Luttrell has tried school-teaching after Oxford but he is bored. He determines to try the life of a freelance journalist in London. His friend is horrified…’ (From author’s introduction 111)
Author Identified Rosemary Dobson , 1982 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 November vol. 102 no. 5339 1982; (p. 8)
The Riddle of Nicholas Freydon Rosemary Dobson , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 5 October vol. 102 no. 5334 1982; (p. 98-100)
Australian Literature: Notes : Nicholas Freydon Frederick T. Macartney , 1953 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 4 1953; (p. 274)
Who are You? No One : The Hacking Journalist in London Peter Morton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lusting for London : Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 2011; (p. 111-132) ‘In 1909 the English journalist Philip Gibbs was in his early thirties and had already known both failure and success. That year he published a semiautobiographical novel, The Street of Adventure, drawing on his varied experiences. It was an immediate bestseller. The street of the title is Fleet Street. Shy, diffident Frank Luttrell has tried school-teaching after Oxford but he is bored. He determines to try the life of a freelance journalist in London. His friend is horrified…’ (From author’s introduction 111)
The Riddle of Nicholas Freydon Rosemary Dobson , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 5 October vol. 102 no. 5334 1982; (p. 98-100)
Author Identified Rosemary Dobson , 1982 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 November vol. 102 no. 5339 1982; (p. 8)
Australian Literature: Notes : Nicholas Freydon Frederick T. Macartney , 1953 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 14 no. 4 1953; (p. 274)
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