Flames of Convention

Flames of Convention was the third novel by F. J. Thwaites.[1]

Flames of Convention
AuthorF. J. Thwaites
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJackson & O'Sullivan
Publication date
1933
Publication placeAustralia

The novel was adapted for the radio.[2]

Plot

An artist, Brett Hardy, and his beloved, a squatter's daughter, defy convention to live their lives their own way and suffer for it. The novel is set in Sydney and rural New South Wales.[3]

Plagiarism accusations

Eighteen months after publication, it was alleged that a section of Chapter Fifteen the book closely resembled the opening chapter of Susan Lennox: Her Fall and Rise (1912) by David Phillips.[4][5][6]

Adaptation

In 1935 it was announced the book would be filmed in England but this did not happen.[7]

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