Volume 10 No. 2 — 1 October 1981

Ocean of Story

Christina Stead

Abstract

Christina Stead discusses her approach to short fiction and the childhood experiences that inform her writing.

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Published 1 October 1981 in Volume 10 No. 2. Subjects: Christina Stead.

Cite as: Stead, Christina. ‘Ocean of Story.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1981, doi: 10.20314/als.bf3eb884c7.

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