y separately published work icon The Orchard Thieves single work   novella  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Orchard Thieves
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1995 .
      Extent: 133p.
      ISBN: 0670865508
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1997 .
      Extent: 130p.
      ISBN: 0140252118

Works about this Work

Elizabeth Jolley's Late Work Delys Bird , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 121-133)

The article looks at the last four novels by Jolley which were 'somewhat neglected by scholars'. Taken as a body of 'late work' with some evidence of 'late style' (Edward Said), 'might give them a more acknowledged place in a critical history of Jolley's writing' (122).

Mothers, Daughters and Elizabeth Jolley's Ethic of Hope Brian Dibble , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 4 no. 2005; (p. 63-76)
Examines Jolley's relationship with her own mother and explores the conlicts between mothers and daughters in two of her works.
Babies Eat Their Lace : Elizabeth Jolley and the Slaughter of Decorum Eden Liddelow , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: After Electra : Rage, Grief and Hope in Twentieth-Century Fiction 2002; (p. 118-136, notes 194-195)
Cultivating the Wilderness : The Orchard in the Australian Literary Imagination Amanda L Claremont , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes , Summer vol. 21 no. 2 2001; (p. 122-126)
Against the background of the orchard myth in Genesis, the author argues "that cultivated space, as an expression of settlement, presents issues of identity and place ... [and explores] how the orchard has been imagined in Australian literature" (p.122).
y separately published work icon Discussion Notes on Elizabeth Jolley's The Orchard Thieves Brian Elkner , Melbourne : Council of Adult Education , 1998 14181855 1998 single work criticism
Books Read Recently Bruce Gillespie , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 21 , February 1997; (p. 9)

— Review of The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
Quiet Horrors Among the Polished Spoons Morag Fraser , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 1995; (p. 12A)

— Review of The Sea People Maurilia Meehan , 1995 single work novel ; Camille's Bread Amanda Lohrey , 1995 single work novel ; The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
Season Adjustments Peter Craven , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 October 1995; (p. 9)

— Review of The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
Family Fables Helen Daniel , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 1995; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
Small Change Michael Wilding , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 1995; (p. rev 9)

— Review of The Orchard Thieves Elizabeth Jolley , 1995 single work novella
Babies Eat Their Lace : Elizabeth Jolley and the Slaughter of Decorum Eden Liddelow , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: After Electra : Rage, Grief and Hope in Twentieth-Century Fiction 2002; (p. 118-136, notes 194-195)
Mothers, Daughters and Elizabeth Jolley's Ethic of Hope Brian Dibble , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 4 no. 2005; (p. 63-76)
Examines Jolley's relationship with her own mother and explores the conlicts between mothers and daughters in two of her works.
Bound by that Claim : Necessity in Elizabeth Jolley Eden Liddelow , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 56 no. 3-4 1997; (p. 723-734)
Elizabeth Jolley's Late Work Delys Bird , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 121-133)

The article looks at the last four novels by Jolley which were 'somewhat neglected by scholars'. Taken as a body of 'late work' with some evidence of 'late style' (Edward Said), 'might give them a more acknowledged place in a critical history of Jolley's writing' (122).

Jolley Country Jane Sullivan , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 14 October 1995; (p. 1,4)
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