Wednesday's Children
| Title | Wednesday's Children |
| Year for Search | 1937 |
| Authors | [Wilkinson], [Iris Guiver](1906-39) |
| Tertiary Authors | Hyde, Robin [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1937 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Female author |
| Annotation | A feminist novel in which a woman creates an ideal, eutopian family on an island in Auckland harbor as well as assisting poor people through her work as a fortune teller. The family is a fantasy, and she chooses to kill herself rather than give up her family and enter into a traditional marriage. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: New Women's Press, 1989; and Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 1993. |
| Info Notes | A stage play was written but has been lost. |
| Pseudonym | Robin Hyde [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | ATL |
| Author Note | The female (1906-39) author was born in South Africa and brought to Aotearoa/New Zealand at age one. |
| Full Text | 1937 [Wilkinson, Iris Guiver] (1906-39). Wednesday’s Children. By Robin Hyde [pseud.]. London: Hurst & Blackett. Rpt. Auckland, New Zealand: New Women’s Press, 1989; and Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 1993. A stage play was written but has been lost. ATL A feminist novel in which a woman creates an ideal, eutopian family on an island in Auckland harbor as well as assisting poor people through her work as a fortune teller. The family is a fantasy, but she chooses to kill herself rather than give up her family and enter into a traditional marriage. The female author was born in South Africa and brought to Aotearoa/New Zealand at age one. |
