Flames of Convention

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Flames of Convention
Author F. J. Thwaites
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJackson & O'Sullivan
Publication date
1933

Flames of Convention was the third novel by F. J. Thwaites. [1]

Contents

The novel was adapted for the radio. [2]

Plot

An artist, Brett Hardy, and his beloved, a squatter's daughter, defy convention to live their lives their own way and suffer for it. The novel is set in Sydney and rural New South Wales. [3]

Plagiarism accusations

Eighteen months after publication, it was alleged that a section of Chapter Fifteen the book closely resembled the opening chapter of Susan Lennox: Her Fall and Rise (1912) by David Phillips. [4] [5] [6]

Adaptation

In 1935 it was announced the book would be filmed in England but this did not happen. [7]

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References

  1. "BOOK REVIEWS". The Queensland Times . National Library of Australia. 24 June 1933. p. 5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. "SWITCHGIRL'S FOLLIES AT 2SM", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 27 (19 (May 8, 1936)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712038814, retrieved 9 March 2024 via Trove
  3. ""FLAMES OF CONVENTION"". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator . Leeton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. "SAME STORY, SAME WORDS IN 2 BOOKS". The News . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. Ron Blaber, 'Thwaites, Frederick Joseph (1908–1979)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thwaites-frederick-joseph-8810/text15453, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 9 March 2024.
  6. "NOVEL WRITING MADE EASY". Smith's Weekly . Vol. XVIII, no. 35. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Australian Novels To Be Filmed". The Land . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 30 October 2014.