Flames of Convention

Flames of Convention
Author F. J. Thwaites
Country Australia
Language English
Publisher Jackson & O'Sullivan
Publication date
 1933

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

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.[2]


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.[3]

Adaptation

In 1935 it was announced the book would be filmed in England but this did not happen.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "BOOK REVIEWS". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 24 June 1933. p. 5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  2. ↑ ""FLAMES OF CONVENTION"". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator. Leeton, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "SAME STORY, SAME WORDS IN 2 BOOKS". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Australian Novels To Be Filmed". The Land. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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