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Professor Dorton Serry is a man of letters. An esteemed philosopher and lover of all women, he controls his world absolutely. How does he react when the women in his life step out of their allotted roles and challenge his prejudices and philosophies of life? (Libraries Australia record).

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form y separately published work icon Man of Letters Alma De Groen , ( dir. Chris Thomson ) 1984 Australia : ABC Television , 1984 Z1066794 1984 single work film/TV

Professor Dorton Serry, an esteemed philosopher and lover of all women, is the type of man who likes to have complete control over his world and those in it. So how does he react when the women in his life step out of their allotted roles and challenge his prejudices and philosophies?

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  • Dedication: For Moo who showed me the pleasures of words and music

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1981 .
      Extent: 240p.
      Description: illus. (b & w)
      ISBN: 0896140167
    • Brighton, East Sussex,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Harvester Press ,       1983 .
      Extent: 240p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0710804539, 9780710804532
    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1984 .
      Extent: 240p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0140073825 (pbk), 9780140073829 (pbk)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Cassandra Pybus , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 254-255)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel
Australian Woman Novelists of the 1970s: A Survey Margaret Smith , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1985; (p. 200-221)
Woman of Letters Anne Chisholm (interviewer), 1982 single work biography interview
— Appears in: The National Times , 21-27 March 1982; (p. 34)
Recent Fiction Susan McKernan , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 56-59)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; Whoring Around John Bryson , 1981 selected work short story ; Out of the Corner of One Eye : a novel Fia Moppert , 1981 single work novel ; Bliss Peter Carey , 1981 single work novel ; Dirty Friends : Stories Morris Lurie , 1981 selected work short story
Love Affairs by Letter Cassandra Pybus , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , September no. 12 1982; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; Coins for the Ferryman : A Novel Leone Sperling , 1981 single work novel
Finding Their Range : Some Recent Australian Novels Peter Pierce , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 40 no. 4 1981; (p. 522-525)
— Review of Turtle Beach Blanche d'Alpuget , 1981 single work novel ; Bliss Peter Carey , 1981 single work novel ; Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; City of Women : A Novel David Ireland , 1981 single work novel ; Moonlite David Foster , 1981 single work novel ; Monkeys in the Dark Blanche d'Alpuget , 1980 single work novel
Characters Who are All Too Familiar Elizabeth Riddell , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 September vol. 101 no. 5282 1981; (p. 74)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel
Love Affairs by Letter Cassandra Pybus , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , September no. 12 1982; (p. 39-40)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; Coins for the Ferryman : A Novel Leone Sperling , 1981 single work novel
Recent Fiction Susan McKernan , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 88 1982; (p. 56-59)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel ; Whoring Around John Bryson , 1981 selected work short story ; Out of the Corner of One Eye : a novel Fia Moppert , 1981 single work novel ; Bliss Peter Carey , 1981 single work novel ; Dirty Friends : Stories Morris Lurie , 1981 selected work short story
Untitled Cassandra Pybus , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 254-255)
— Review of Man of Letters : A Romance Glen Tomasetti , 1981 single work novel
Australian Woman Novelists of the 1970s: A Survey Margaret Smith , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Gender, Politics and Fiction : Twentieth Century Australian Women's Novels 1985; (p. 200-221)
Woman of Letters Anne Chisholm (interviewer), 1982 single work biography interview
— Appears in: The National Times , 21-27 March 1982; (p. 34)
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