Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)
1967 novel by Joan Lindsay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian historical fiction novel by Joan Lindsay.[1]
Author | Joan Lindsay |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | F. W. Cheshire Penguin (paperback) |
Publication date | 1967 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 212 (first printing) |
The novel, set in 1900, is about a group of female students at an Australian girls' boarding school who vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic, and the effects the disappearances have on the school and local community. The novel was first published in 1967 in Australia by Cheshire Publishing and was reprinted by Penguin in 1975. It is widely considered by critics to be one of the greatest Australian novels. In 2022, it was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[2]