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The thorn in the flesh, Paul Wenz ; translated by Maurice Blackman ; introduced by Helen Garner

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The thorn in the flesh, Paul Wenz ; translated by Maurice Blackman ; introduced by Helen Garner

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eng

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fiction

Main title

The thorn in the flesh

Responsibility statement

Paul Wenz ; translated by Maurice Blackman ; introduced by Helen Garner

Summary

The first English translation of a classic French novel, L'echarde translated by Maurice Blackman. Its theme is simple: a tale of Miss Susan Brady, a woman with ideas above her station, who is spurned, and whose jealousy corrodes her life and drives her to try and sabotage the happiness of John Iredale, the prosperous South Australian grazier who has broken her heart

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