Christina Stead (17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. She was born in Rockdale, New South Wales, and died in Sydney.
Famous quotes by christina stead:
“It is a fruitful island of the sea-world, a great Ithaca, there parched and stony and here trodden by flocks and curly- headed bulls and heavy with thick-set grain.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“James Joyce is the new Euphues: the melting pot of the language and of present literary idiom and banality.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Everyone likes the obscene; that is real life.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Men never believe a woman can do anything.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Strange is the influence of Marx on character.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)