Quote#Books & Reading
I have just finished writing a full-sized novel; title, Such is Life;…
Quote byJoseph Furphy · 1843–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Self-introduction to , published in The Bulletin (4 April 1897).
English (original)
I have just finished writing a full-sized novel; title, Such is Life; scenery, and northern Vic.; temper, democratic; bias, offensively Australian.
— Joseph Furphy
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