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Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Upsurge : A Novel
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Upsurge : Adapted for the Screen Judith Pugh , Australia : CM Film Productions , 1996 Z1120618 1996 single work film/TV

Banned in Australia

Censorship Agencies: Book Censorship Board
Decision: 20 Nov 1934
NAA Source: A3023; Folder 1933/34
Censorship notes: Released at the general review on 24.04.1958.

Notes

  • Considered pornographic by reviewers when it was first published, Upsurge was the first Australian novel to be banned by the Commonwealth Book Censorship Board (1934).
  • Adapted for the screen.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Nedlands, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Richard Nile , single work criticism (p. ix-xxix)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       John Long ,       1934 .
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      Extent: 286, [1], 32p.p.
      Note/s:
      • The text of the novel is followed by John Long's 32-page Spring 1934 book catalogue.
    • Nedlands, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 1986 .
      Extent: xxix, 287p.p.
      Edition info: Facsimile ed.
      Note/s:
      • Preface and introduction by Richard A. Nile.
      • Dedication: to Brian de Garis
      ISBN: 0855642440
Form: audiobook
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