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Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill : An Australian Novel
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  • The Pipers of Piper's Hill, later known as Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill, was serialised in the Australasian in 1888. It tells the story of the Cavendish family who come to Australia from England to live with Mrs Cavendish's parvenu brother, Tom Piper. The clash of values between the impoverished old world of privilege and the new-world democracy of the self-made man is a primary concern of the novel. Tasma's depiction of the conflicting currents of life in colonial society, and her delightful evocation of the characters involved, rapidly established her as an author of note.
  • Dedication: To my dear mother.
  • Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill: An Australian Novel was released late in 1888: 'although dated 1889, it was available for the Christmas market and some reviews appeared late in 1888'. (Patricia Clarke Tasma: The Life of Jessie Couvreur (1994, p. 114). The first edition sold out by the middle of February 1889 and the publishers produced a second edition the same year.

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Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill : Introduction, Margaret Harris , single work criticism biography
Harris's introduction briefly describes the publication and reception of the Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill and discusses some of the themes explored in the novel. Harris demonstrates that the book was very well received by contemporary reviewers, and argues that its lack of recognition by later critics is due to the novel's subordination to texts from the Bulletin school. Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill is important, however, because of its radical treatment of the affluent bourgeois milieu in the city and its dramatization of the breakdown of English social barriers in Australia.
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Serialised by: The Australasian 1864 newspaper (2313 issues)
      1888 .
      Alternative title: The Pipers of Piper's Hill
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      • Published in serialised format in the Australasian 7 January, 1888 - 12 May, 1888.
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