If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the clash of a full orchestra, a few to … - My Brilliant Career

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If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the clash of a full orchestra, a few to which nought but the refined and exquisite sadness of a violin could do justice. Many might be likened unto common pianos, jangling and out of tune, and some to the feeble piping of a penny whistle, and mine could be told with a couple of nails in a rusty tin-pot.

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About My Brilliant Career

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, known as Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954), was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, self-published in 1901.

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