Richardson, Henry Handel (1870-1946)

Also known as
Richardon, Ethel Henrietta (1870-1946)
Richardson, Ethel Florence (1870-1946)
Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (1870-1946)
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Handel) (1870-1946)
Richardson, Henrietta (1870-1946)
Richardson, Henry Handel, (pseud) (1870-1946)
Richardson, Henry HandelRobertson, Ethel (1870-1946)
Robertson, Ethel (1870-1946)
Robertson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (1870-1946)
Robertson, Ethel Henrietta (1870-1946)
Robertson, Henrietta Richardson (1870-1946)
Field of activity
Author; novelist; short story writer
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35451145
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-520286

Biographies

RICHARDSON, ETHEL FLORENCE LINDESAY ('HENRY HANDEL') (1870-1946), novelist and short story writer, was born on 3 January 1870 at 139 (later renumbered 179) Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Melbourne, elder daughter of Walter Lindesay Richardson (c.1826-1879), M.D., and his wife Mary, née Bailey. They had migrated to the goldfields in the early 1850s. Ethel was born fifteen years after their marriage, her sister Ada Lilian Sydney in April 1871. Their father was the youngest child of the second marriage of Colonel Alexander Richardson, of Dublin, who claimed descent from the earls of Lindesay. Ethel laid great stress on her Irish origins and often said she was Australian by accident.

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Ethel Richardson was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne, and the Royal Conservatorium at Leipzig. As Henry Handel Richardson, she became one of Australia's best-known and best-loved novelists, finding fame with Maurice Guest (1908) and The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (published in three parts between 1917 and 1929).

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To a Melbourne-born girl, whose family directed her early talents towards music, must go much of the credit for drawing overseas attention to Australian literature.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

Australian Women's Register

  1. Richardson, Ethel Tracy (1877-1942)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Richardson, Ethel Tracy (1877-1942)
    McCarthy, Perditta M.
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110393b.htm
  2. Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (Henry Handel) (1871-1946)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (Henry Handel) (1871-1946)
    Green, Dorothy
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110392b.htm
  3. The Young Cosima
    Richardson, Henry Handel
    [1939]
    Published: Heinemann
  4. Maurice Guest
    Richardson, Henry Handel
    [1908]
    Published: Heinemann
  5. The Getting of Wisdom
    Richardson, Henry Handel
    [1931]
    Published: Heinemann
  6. The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
    Richardson, Henry Handel
    [1968]
    Published: Heinemann Educational
  7. The End of a Childhood and Other Stories
    Richardson, Henry Handel
    [1934]
    Published: W. Heinemann
  8. Henry Handel Richardson and Her Fiction
    Green, Dorothy
    [1986]
    Published: Allen & Unwin
  9. Henry Handel Richardson: A Life
    Ackland, Michael
    [2005]
    Published: Cambridge University Press
  10. Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946: A bibliography to honour the centenary of her birth
    Howells, Gay
    [1970]
    Published: National Library of Australia
  11. Henry Handel Richardson: A Study
    Palmer, Nettie
    [1950]
    Published: Angus & Robertson
  12. Myself when Laura; Fact and fiction in Henry Handel Richardson's school career
    Kramer, Leonie
    [1966]
    Published: Heinemann
  13. Henry Handel Richardson
    Kramer, Leonie
    [1967]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  14. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press
  15. National Library of Australia: Papers of Henry Handel Richardson (1852 - 1983)
    Papers and correspondence
    MS 133
  16. State Library of Victoria: Henry Handel Richardson, Papers (1865 - 1946)
    Letters of Henry Handel Richardson written in London to Jacob Schwartz, 1931-1937; letters and other papers relating to her father, Dr. Walter Richardson and his grave, 1949-1955; articles, newspaper cuttings and family photographs.
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Resources by Henry Handel Richardson (138)

  1. Myself when young / by Henry Handel Richardson ; together with an essay on the art of Henry Handel Richardson by J. G. Robertson
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book : 1948-1992 ]
    At 71 libraries
    Myself when young / by Henry Handel Richardson ; together with an essay on the art of Henry Handel Richardson by J. G. Robertson
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  2. Maurice Guest / by Henry Handel Richardson
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1908-2010 ]
    Languages: English, German
    Read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 83 libraries
    Maurice Guest / by Henry Handel Richardson
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  3. The getting of wisdom / Henry Handel Richardson
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1900-2012 ]
    Languages: English, French, Swedish
    Read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 148 libraries
    The getting of wisdom / Henry Handel Richardson
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  4. Henry Handel Richardson / Leonie Kramer
    Kramer, Leonie, 1924-
    [ Book : 1967 ]
    At 40 libraries
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  5. Henry Handel Richardson : the letters / edited by Clive Probyn and Bruce Steele with Rachel Solomon and Patrick O'Neill
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book : 2000 ]
    At 52 libraries
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  6. Finding herself in fiction : Henry Handel Richardson 1896-1910 / Axel Clark
    Clark, Axel, 1943-2001
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At 35 libraries
    Finding herself in fiction : Henry Handel Richardson 1896-1910 / Axel Clark
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  7. Walter and Mary : the letters of Walter and Mary Richardson / edited by Elizabeth Webby and Gillian Sykes
    Richardson, Walter, 1826-1879
    [ Book : 2000 ]
    At 35 libraries
    Walter and Mary : the letters of Walter and Mary Richardson / edited by Elizabeth Webby and Gillian Sykes
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  8. Richard Mahonys skæbne / Henry Handel Richardson
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book : 1931-1962 ]
    Languages: Danish, English
    At 9 libraries
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  9. Ultima Thule / Henry Handel Richardson ; with an introduction by Leonie Kramer
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 1929-2009 ]
    Languages: English, Czech, Swedish
    Read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 61 libraries
    Ultima Thule / Henry Handel Richardson ; with an introduction by Leonie Kramer
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  10. The getting of wisdom
    Umbrella Entertainment (Firm)
    [ Video, Book : 1977-2011 ]
    At 60 libraries
    The getting of wisdom
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  1. Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946 : papers presented at a centenary seminar
    National Library of Australia
    [ Conference Proceedings : 1972 ]
    At 35 libraries
    Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946 : papers presented at a centenary seminar
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  2. Myself when young / by Henry Handel Richardson ; together with an essay on the art of Henry Handel Richardson by J. G. Robertson
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book : 1948-1992 ]
    At 71 libraries
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  3. Henry Handel Richardson / Leonie Kramer
    Kramer, Leonie, 1924-
    [ Book : 1967 ]
    At 40 libraries
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  4. Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946 : a bibliography to honour the centenary of her birth / compiled by Gay Howells
    Howells, Gay
    [ Book : 1970 ]
    View online
    At 44 libraries
    Henry Handel Richardson 1870-1946 : a bibliography to honour the centenary of her birth / compiled by Gay Howells
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  5. Henry Handel Richardson : the letters / edited by Clive Probyn and Bruce Steele with Rachel Solomon and Patrick O'Neill
    Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946
    [ Book : 2000 ]
    At 52 libraries
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  6. Finding herself in fiction : Henry Handel Richardson 1896-1910 / Axel Clark
    Clark, Axel, 1943-2001
    [ Book : 2001 ]
    At 35 libraries
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  7. Walter and Mary : the letters of Walter and Mary Richardson / edited by Elizabeth Webby and Gillian Sykes
    Richardson, Walter, 1826-1879
    [ Book : 2000 ]
    At 35 libraries
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  8. Henry Handel Richardson : fiction in the making / Axel Clark
    Clark, Axel, 1943-2001
    [ Book : 1989-1990 ]
    At 70 libraries
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  9. Henry Handel Richardson and her fiction / Dorothy Green
    Green, Dorothy, 1915-1991
    [ Book : 1986 ]
    At 60 libraries
    Henry Handel Richardson and her fiction / Dorothy Green
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  10. Henry Handel Richardson : some personal impressions / edited by Edna Purdie and Olga M. Roncoroni
    Roncoroni, Olga M., 1893-1982
    [ Book : 1957 ]
    At 43 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 37.958)

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  1. Getting a handle on Henry: Henry Handel Richardson
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  2. Henry Handel Richardson : the music / edited by Bruce Steele and Richard Divall
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  3. Henry Handel Richardson
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  4. Literary adaptations
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  1. Maurice Guest / by Henry Handel Richardson
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  2. Henry Handel Richardson : a critical study / Karen McLeod
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  3. Art and irony : the tragic vision of Henry Handel Richardson : a discussion on the relationship of theme and technique in fiction / J.R. Nichols
    Nichols, J. R
    [ Book : 1982 ]
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  4. Paul Solanges : soldier, industrialist, translator : a biographical study and critical edition of his correspondence with Antonio Fogazzaro and Henry Handel Richardson
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  2. Point of view and consequent naturalism in the novels by Henry Handel Richardson
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  3. Mansfield and Richardson: a short story dialectic
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  4. 'A thick crumbly slice of life.' The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney as a cultural monument
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