Flames of Convention

Flames of Convention
AuthorF. J. Thwaites
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJackson & O'Sullivan
Publication date
1933
Publication placeAustralia

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

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]

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.