Tomorrow and Tomorrow
| Title | Tomorrow and Tomorrow |
| Year for Search | 1947 |
| Authors | [Eldershaw], [Flora Sydney Patricia](1897-1956), and [Barnard], [Marjorie Faith](1897-1987) |
| Tertiary Authors | Eldershaw, M. Barnard [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1947 |
| Publisher | Georgian House |
| Place Published | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, Female author |
| Annotation | Dystopia set in the 24th century that uses the device of an author writing an historical novel to explore the second quarter of the twentieth century. The dystopia is a technologically advanced socialist eutopia gone wrong through over-organization. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. London: Phoenix Press in Association with Georgian House Melbourne, 1948. "Uncensored ed." with the original title Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. London: Virago, 1983 with an "Introduction" (vii-xix) by Anne Chisholm. The Virago edition restores both the relatively few cuts made by the censor and the cuts made by the authors and publisher. The Garden City, NY: Dial Press, 1984 edition reprints the Virago edition. |
| Info Notes | Barnard indicated that although Eldershaw was consulted, the book was largely written by Barnard, but there is considerable evidence of Eldershaw's detailed involvement. There is an incomplete manuscript in the Mitchell Library in Sydney and a different manuscript in a private collection. |
| Pseudonym | By M. Barnard Eldershaw [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | A, ATL, L, LLL, M, O, PSt |
| Author Note | Eldershaw (1897-1956) Barnard (1897-1987) |
| Full Text | 1947 [Eldershaw, Flora Sydney Patricia (1897-1956) and Marjorie Faith Barnard (1897-1987)]. Tomorrow and Tomorrow. By M. Barnard Eldershaw [pseud.]. Melbourne, VIC: Georgian House. Rpt. London: Phoenix Press in Association with Georgian House Melbourne, 1948. “Uncensored ed.” with the original title Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. London: Virago, 1983 with an “Introduction” (vii-xix) by Anne Chisholm. The Virago edition restores both the relatively few cuts made by the censor and the cuts made by the authors and publisher. The Garden City, NY: Dial Press, 1984 edition reprints the Virago edition. Barnard indicated that although Eldershaw was consulted, the book was largely written by Barnard, but there is considerable evidence of Eldershaw’s detailed involvement. There is an incomplete manuscript in the Mitchell Library in Sydney and a different manuscript in a private collection. A, ATL, L, LLL, M, O, PSt Flawed utopia set in the 24th century that uses the device of an author writing an historical novel to explore the second quarter of the twentieth century. The technologically advanced socialist eutopia goes wrong through over-organization. |
