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Language English Publication date 1946 Originally published 1946 Country Australia Followed by Such Pleasure | 3.7/5 Goodreads Publisher Cresset Press (UK) Pages 546 pp Preceded by Nuns in Jeopardy Genres Fiction, Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucinda Brayford (1946) is a novel by Australian author Martin Boyd.
Contents
Plot summary
The story of a beautiful woman set mainly in Melbourne, Victoria and England from the early 1900s to the Second World War. Lucinda Vane was born into a wealthy Melbourne family. She spurns the love of a distinguished family friend to marry the dashing Aide-de-camp to the Governor, Hugo Brayford. Lucinda's life of ease is replaced by hardship when Hugo takes her to England just before the first World War. She then realises that her husband married her for her money, and he has a mistress.
Film adaptation
This novel was adapted for the screen in 1980, directed by John Gauci, from a screenplay by Cliff Green, and featured Wendy Hughes as Lucinda, and Sam Neill as Troy.
References
Lucinda Brayford Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA