y separately published work icon Arcadian Adelaide single work   prose   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 Arcadian Adelaide
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'Scottish actress Thistle Anderson's firecracker of a polemic against her adopted hometown of Adelaide, published to roars of outrage and laughter in 1905, proves beyond doubt that people of the past were - just like us - fond of a good piss-take.

'This barbed satirical spray reveals the City of Churches as 'less holy than might be supposed', with more opium dens and prostitutes per capita than Melbourne, wines that are 'the worst ever made' (!), the local men 'caricatures' with inferior facial hair, the local women 'cats'. Thistle’s fondness is reserved for the fruit, the flour, the cabmen ... and the return ticket to Melbourne.

'This hilarious little volume, intended by its author as 'a playful skit', is to be taken with a pinch of salt ... or perhaps savoured, stubbornly, with a glass of excellent Adelaide wine.'

Source : (publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Title page note: 'Author of "Barenski", "Verses at Random" etc. No evidence has been found of a publication titled "Barenski".

Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide, Derek Whitelock , single work criticism (p. 11-28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
The book ran to 10 impressions in 1905.

Works about this Work

Customs Beastly, Manners None Michael Vanstone , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , March no. 11 1985; (p. 19)

— Review of Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose
Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide Derek Whitelock , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Arcadian Adelaide 1985; (p. 11-28)
'Arcadian Adelaide' and 'The Arcadians' 1905 single work review
— Appears in: Steele Rudd's Magazine , June 1905; (p. 600)

— Review of Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose ; The Arcadians : Sequel to Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose
y separately published work icon Thoughts of an Adelaide Larrikin G. K. , Adelaide : G. K. , 1905 Z1038870 1905 selected work short story humour
y separately published work icon A Scratch from an Adelaide Cat : In Vindication of Adelaide and Its People in Reply to Arcadian Adelaide F, Mrs Ellis , Adelaide : Hassell Press , 1905 Z869879 1905 single work criticism
Customs Beastly, Manners None Michael Vanstone , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , March no. 11 1985; (p. 19)

— Review of Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose
'Arcadian Adelaide' and 'The Arcadians' 1905 single work review
— Appears in: Steele Rudd's Magazine , June 1905; (p. 600)

— Review of Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose ; The Arcadians : Sequel to Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , 1905 single work prose
y separately published work icon Thoughts of an Adelaide Larrikin G. K. , Adelaide : G. K. , 1905 Z1038870 1905 selected work short story humour
y separately published work icon A Scratch from an Adelaide Cat : In Vindication of Adelaide and Its People in Reply to Arcadian Adelaide F, Mrs Ellis , Adelaide : Hassell Press , 1905 Z869879 1905 single work criticism
Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide Derek Whitelock , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Arcadian Adelaide 1985; (p. 11-28)
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  • Adelaide, South Australia,
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