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Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously.  \nCopyright © Flammarion, 2025  \nFirst publication 2026 by Europa Editions  \nTranslation by Tina Kover  \nOriginal title: L’ardente et très secrète Miles Franklin  \nTranslation copyright © 2026 by Europa Editions  \nAll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction  \nin whole or in part in any form.  \nA catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78770-628-6  \nLapierre, Alexandra  \nThe Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin. A Novel Cover design by Ginevra Rapisardi  \nPortrait of Miles Franklin © Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales The authorized representative in the EEA is Edizioni e/o, via Gabriele Camozzi 1, 00192 Rome, Italy.  \nCONTENTS  \nPRELUDE  \nSHADOW OF A DREAM  \nTHE RED-BELLIED SNAKE  \nBOOK ONE  \nTHE FASCINATING LITTLE WONDER  \n1901–1906  \nCHAPTER 1 . I FEEL NO CONNECTION TO THE PLACE  \nI LIVE IN  \nAUGUST 1901–APRIL 1902  \nCHAPTER 2 . MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND  \nAPRIL 1902  \nCHAPTER 3 . I AM TOO MUCH FOR MYSELF  \n1902–1906  \nBOOK TWO  \nDEAREST STELLA GIRL  \n1906–1915  \nCHAPTER 4 . THE WANDERING DAUGHTER  \nAPRIL 1906–NOVEMBER 1907  \nCHAPTER 5 . A COSTLY COMMITMENT  \nNOVEMBER 1907–FEBRUARY 1911  \nCHAPTER 6 . VOYAGES TO CYTHERA: A LIFE CHOICE  \nFEBRUARY 1911–OCTOBER 1915  \nBOOK THREE  \nTHE ENDLESS AMAZEMENT OF BEING ALIVE  \n1915–1936  \nCHAPTER 7 . MY GOOD LADY, GO HOME AND SIT STILL  \nNOVEMBER 1915–FEBRUARY 1918  \nCHAPTER 8 . THE PEARLS IN THE LONG NECKLACE OF FRIENDSHIP  \nFEBRUARY 1918–OCTOBER 1932  \nCHAPTER 9 . BRENT OF BIN BIN  \nNOVEMBER 1932–JULY 1936  \nEPILOGUE  \nWHAT BECAME OF THEM  \n1936–2024  \nA SOUL THIRSTY FOR THE ABSOLUTE  \nOUT OF THE SHADOWSAND INTO THE LIGHT  \nAPPENDICES  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nFor Frank  \nAnd for Garance, Leo, Lavinia, and Alba  \nTHE VERY SECRETIVE AND PASSIONATE STELLA MILES  \nFRANKLIN  \nA NOVEL  \nNOTE  \nsome of us readers in the Northern Hemisphere, Australia remains an  \nexotic and distant land, still a kind of terra incognita .  \nFor anyone in need of edification, here are a few historical points of reference .  \nIn 1788, less than a century before Miles Franklin’s birth, the first fleet of British ships reached Sydney Cove, on the southern coast of the Pacific Ocean, and set up a penal colony there . This territory was christened New South Wales and the city of Sydney established as its capital.  \nOver the next several decades, the British colonized other parts of the Australian continent, which they considered (and described as being)“empty.” They systematically decimated the aboriginal populations of these lands, which had previously numbered between four hundred thousand and a million individuals . During the 1850s, five other British colonies were established, forming a region they named Victoria after their queen, with the city of Melbourne as its capital.  \nOver the course of the nineteenth century the British established parliaments in each of these colonies, whose members voted on January 1, 1901 to create a federation which was proclaimed the Commonwealth of Australia .  \nThree years later, in 1904, Australian women were granted suffrage throughout all six States of the Federation—sixteen years before American women won the right to vote, and a full twenty-four years before all British women achieved the same .","cbCaiufIaen0IQMF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiufIaen0IQMF","pdf",11177121,425,"English","# Prelude\n# Shadow of a Dream\n# The Red-Bellied Snake\n# Book One\n## The Fascinating Little Wonder (1901–1906)\n## Chapter 1. I Feel No Connection to the Place I Live In (August 1901–April 1902)\n## Chapter 2. My Dear Young Friend (April 1902)\n## Chapter 3. I Am Too Much for Myself (1902–1906)\n# Book Two\n## Dearest Stella Girl (1906–1915)\n## Chapter 4. The Wandering Daughter (April 1906–November 1907)\n## Chapter 5. A Costly Commitment (November 1907–February 1911)\n## Chapter 6. Voyages to Cythera: A Life Choice (February 1911–October 1915)\n# Book Three\n## The Endless Amazement of Being Alive (1915–1936)\n## Chapter 7. My Good Lady, Go Home and Sit Still (November 1915–February 1918)\n## Chapter 8. The Pearls in the Long Necklace of Friendship (February 1918–October 1932)\n## Chapter 9. Brent of Bin Bin (November 1932–July 1936)\n# Epilogue\n## What Became of Them (1936–2024)","[{\"question\":\"How is the novel structured across time periods?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative is organized into a prelude plus three books, each containing dated chapters that track Stella’s life from 1901 through 1936, followed by an epilogue extending to 2024.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the chapter titles and subtitles emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"Each chapter title highlights a distinct phase or theme—such as self-disconnection, personal relationships, commitments, travel choices, friendship bonds, and later life episodes.\"},{\"question\":\"What historical context is provided to support the story?\",\"answer\":\"The included note frames Australia as a distant setting and summarizes key historical reference points: early British settlement, colonial expansion and its impacts, federation in 1901, and women’s suffrage in 1904.\"}]","The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin - A Novel | PDF",655]