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Axel Clark

Axel Clark was a tutor in English at the Australian National University, Canberra.

Axel Clark reviews 'On Dearborn Street' by Miles Franklin

May 1982, no. 40 01 May 1982
Axel Clark reviews 'On Dearborn Street' by Miles Franklin
This novel raises more interesting questions about its author than about its characters and action. The story, set in Chicago in 1913–14, is told by a well-to-do businessman, called Mr Cavarley, who sympathises with feminism and females, and sharply criticises men whose sexual and social life is corrupted by ‘the toy idea of WOMAN’. He falls in love with an independent-spirited secretary-ed ... (read more)