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'In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off. Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came to think about it, a round time - symmetrical anyway, and containedā¦
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Charmian Clift and her husband George Johnston were two of Australia's most celebrated writers of the mid-20th century. They also became famous for their personal lives. Having left Australia at first for England, they then moved to Greece and were key figures of a bohemian, expatriate colony on the island of Hydra. The colony became known as cosmopolitan, whilst also given to heavy drinking and extra-marital affairs. Johnston's fictionalised autobiographical novels provide a frank portrait of their marriage, though Clift was more circumspect. In 'The End of the Morning' we have an autobiographical novella by Clift that has just beenā¦
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