y separately published work icon Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction anthology   short story   humour   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Collins , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Glimpse of a Situation : From Clara Morison; a Tale of South Australia During the Gold Fever, Catherine Helen Spence , extract humour (p. 2-14)
HMS Anson, Oline Keese , single work short story (p. 16-23)
How a Woman Kept Her Promise, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 25-35)
My Lodger, Waif Wander , single work short story biography
The lady seeking lodgings in Melbourne in an earlier issue of the AJ is now keeping lodgers herself. Her small furnished room is first let to a coquettish 40 year-old lady, but she is quickly replaced by the wealthy older gentleman she has been pursuing who determined to frustrate her plans. Warm, funny story. (PB)
 (p. 37-54)
A Blunder, Silverleaf , extract novel (p. 56-61)
Deposed, Ada Cambridge , single work short story (p. 63-75)
The Saratoga Trunk, Laura Bogue Luffmann , single work short story (p. 77-80)
Monsieur Caloche, Tasma , single work short story satire
A Frenchman seeks work and ends up at a cattle station, where he has trouble settling into his new role. 
 (p. 82-101)
Gwen's Decision, Rosa Praed , single work short story (p. 103-123)
The Chosen Vessel, Barbara Baynton , single work short story
Following a similar thread to Henry Lawson's "The Drover's Wife" (and many believe, a direct response to it), "The Chosen Vessel" follows a young mother left alone in her outback hut who becomes growingly concerned for her own safety following the arrival of a menacing swagmen. The story also follows for a short time a man riding in to town to place his vote and his struggles with religious guilt. 
 (p. 125-131)
The Humbling of Sergeant Mahone, Mary Gaunt , single work short story (p. 133-143)
A Bush Honeymoon, Laura M. Palmer-Archer , single work short story (p. 145-152)
The New Carpet, Ada A. Holman , single work short story (p. 154-157)
Conversation in a Pantry, Henry Handel Richardson , single work short story (p. 159-165)
A Job for the Parson, G. B. Lancaster , single work short story (p. 167-173)
Her Just Necessities, Mary Grant Bruce , single work short story (p. 175-179)
Mr Bundock Sat, Miles Franklin , single work short story (p. 181-185)
Donalblain McCree and the Sin of Anger, Ethel Anderson , single work short story (p. 187-204)
The Cooboo, Katharine Susannah Prichard , single work short story
Set on the wide plains of the Murndoo station, 'The Cooboo' is the story of Rose, a Wongana woman, mother, and stockwoman.
 (p. 206-209)
Young Grief, Myra Morris , single work short story (p. 211-216)
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