Time and Chance (Timms novel)
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| Author | Alma Timms |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | Great South Land Saga |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Pages | 232 |
| ISBN | 0207122849 |
| Preceded by | The Big Country |
Time and Chance is an Australian novel by Alma Timms. It was the twelfth in the Great South Land Saga of novels originally started by E. V. Timms. He died in 1960 while writing the 11th, The Big Country, which his wife Alma completed; she then wrote the final instalment.[1] Alma had researched and help plot all the novels with her husband, so the task was relatively simple.[2][3]
The books were republished in one volumen in 1978 as The Timms Saga.[4][5]
Plot[edit]
The Gubbys - Martha, her husband, daughter Penelope, her husband Simon - return to England to visit Mary Ann.
Background[edit]
When E.V. Timms died, his widow Alma completed his novel, The Big Country. Then she went overseas, came back home and moved to the city. She was unsure what to do next, and decided to write a nove that would complete her husband's Great Southern Land Saga.[6]
Reception[edit]
The Canberra Times wrote it "marks the end of a saga which began with much promise in 'Forever to Remain' and gradually frittered away into formula romance, which Mrs Timms handles no worse than her husband in his declining years."[7]
The Age called it "light, pleasant reading."[8]
Alma Timms later wrote another novel under her own name, A Town Rising (1976).[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "About the author". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 26 October 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Sydney is our city". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1971. p. 16.
- ^ "Finished novel started by her husband". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 27, 1962. p. 86.
- ^ "BOOKS Reviewed by Margaret Gore". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 46, no. 10. Australia, Australia. 9 August 1978. p. 144. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 45, no. 34. Australia, Australia. 25 January 1978. p. 75. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Goodbye to friends of more than twenty years". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 1970. p. 187.
- ^ "THE CRUEL GEORGIAN WHO TRUSTED A DEPUTY". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 28 July 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Gubbys go home". The Age. 4 March 1972. p. 15.
- ^ "Timms again". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 555. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 December 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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