A House is Built by M. Barnard Eldershaw

A House is Built

by M. Barnard Eldershaw

Rigby, 1978, ISBN 0727009702, paperback

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, (see photographs)

“Co-winner of the Bulletin’s £1000 prize for the best Australian novel in 1928, A House is Built is the story of one man’s vision of success in a new colony and its tragic effects on the rest of his family.  Set against the roistering whaling days of early Sydney between 1837-1887, it traces the gradual rise of James Hyde’s business as a shipping merchant and the decline of the family as they struggle to perpetuate his dream.  Drama, pathos, tragedy and ambition all have their parts in this classic story of the Hyde family.”