Joan Lindsay ist eine australische Autorin, die für ihre vieldeutigen und faszinierenden Romane bekannt ist. Ihr Werk erforscht die verborgenen Seiten der menschlichen Psyche und gesellschaftlicher Normen, wobei sie meisterhaft Spannung aufbaut. Lindsay hinterlässt ihre Leser mit Fragen, die lange nach dem Ende ihrer Geschichten nachklingen.
Am Valentinstag 1900 verschwinden zwei junge Mädchen und ihre Lehrerin am Hanging Rock in Australien, um nie wieder aufzutauchen. Bekannt geworden ist der Roman durch die stimmungsvolle Verfilmung von Peter Weir. Posthum jetzt die Auflösung des Geheimnisses, wie die Autorin es selbst noch zu Lebzeiten geschrieben hat.
With Commentaries by John Taylor and Yvonne Rousseau
Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Australia, the story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of schoolgirls during a picnic at Hanging Rock. The narrative weaves together elements of nostalgia and intrigue, capturing the social dynamics of the time. Notably, the final chapter, intentionally omitted by the author’s publishers, has left readers yearning for answers about the fate of the girls, enhancing the novel’s enigmatic allure and sparking endless speculation and discussion.
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It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three of the girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of Hanging Rock. Further, higher, till at last they disappeared. They never returned. Whether "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is fact or fiction the reader must decide for themselves.
Chapter 18 of Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock, excised by the publisher, with commentaries.