Series 06: Florence James papers concerning the novel 'Jungfrau' by Dymphna Cusack, 1989

MLMSS 5877/Box 26

series

1989

71395

1 box of textual material

Florence James (1902-1993) was a novelist, editor and reviewer. She was born in New Zealand and educated at Sydney University where she began her long association with Dymphna Cusack. Together James and Cusack wrote two books, 'Four Winds and a Family', a story for children, and 'Come in Spinner' which won the Sydney Daily Telegraph prize in 1948.
During the Second World War James shared a house in the Blue Mountains with Dymphna Cusack where they wrote their two novels.

'Jungfrau' was first published by the Bulletin in 1936, and reissued by Penguin in 1989 with an introduction by Florence James
1989; Correspondence with Penguin concerning 1989 reprint (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/26)
ca.1989; Photocopy of 1936 edition, with annotations and ms. editing notes by James (Call No.: ML MSS 5877/26)