Half Caste (novel) explained
| Half Caste |
| Author: | Eric Baume |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Publisher: | Macquarie Head Press |
| Release Date: | 1933 |
| Media Type: | Print |
| Pages: | 251 pp. |
| Followed By: | Burnt Sugar |
Half Caste is a 1933 Australian novel by Eric Baume. It was Baume's best known novel.[1]
The novel was one of the most popular Australian books of the year.[2]
Critical reception
The Bulletin said Baume "tells vividly and clearly, often poignantly, the problems that beset the half-caste Maori girl who is highly educated but is without money or social background."
The Australian Woman's Mirror called it "a frankly realistic and in parts savagely critical piece of writing."
Adaptation
Film rights were acquired by United Artists in 1946.[3] [4] However no film was made.
See Also
Notes and References
- Valerie Lawson, 'Baume, Frederick Ehrenfried (Eric) (1900–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baume-frederick-ehrenfried-eric-9456/text16631, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 10 March 2024.
- News: READERS HERE GO "HIGHBROW" . . 3 . 111 . New South Wales, Australia . 24 June 1933 . 10 March 2024 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- News: NOVEL FOR SCREEN. . . 62 . 18,767 . Western Australia . 6 September 1946 . 10 March 2024 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
- News: FILMS . . LXV . 22,425 . Western Australia . 22 February 1947 . 10 March 2024 . 14 (FIRST EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
