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Girl on a Bicycle is a 1977 novel by Leland Bardwell (her first). The novel is set in 1940s Ireland, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change. It is a coming-of-age story for Julie Da Vraire as she makes her way on her own after being socially outcast.

Reception[edit]

Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) described the novel as "a period gem". Senator David Norris sees the work as the "best Irish big house novel of the 20th century".^[1]

Frances Molloy's No Mate for the Magpie, published in 1985, as well as the works of Mary Dorcey and Evelyn Cordon, have been compared to the style of Girl on a Bicycle.^[2]^[3]

Publication history[edit]

1977: Dublin: Irish Writers Co-operative. - 160 pages. - OCLC 3770242. - ISBN 978-0-905441-02-3.
2009: Dublin: Liberties Press. - 192 pages. - OCLC 428778356. - ISBN 978-1-905483-79-2.

(Chester Springs, Pennsylvania: Dufour Editions - U.S. distributor).

References[edit]

^ "Girl on a Bicycle". LibertiesPress.com: Liberties Press. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
^ St. Peter, Christine (2000). Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-0-312-22710-4.
^ Fogarty, Anne (22 March 2002). "Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction". Irish University Review.

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[1] "Girl on a Bicycle". LibertiesPress.com: Liberties Press. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.

[2] St. Peter, Christine (2000). Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-0-312-22710-4.

[3] Fogarty, Anne (22 March 2002). "Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction". Irish University Review.

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 '''''Girl on a Bicycle''''' is a 1977 [[novel]] by [[Leland Bardwell]] (her first).  The novel is set in 1940s [[Ireland]], and deals with the reality of being [[Protestant]] and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change.  It is a coming-of-age story for Julie Da Vraire as she makes her way on her own after being socially outcast.
 ==Reception==
-[[Anthony Burgess]] (author of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'') described the novel as "a period gem". While Senator David Norris sees the work as the "best Irish big house novel of the 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertiespress.com/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=13&products_id=82 |title=''Girl on a Bicycle'' |publisher=Liberties Press |location=LibertiesPress.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713204526/http://www.libertiespress.com/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=13&products_id=82 |archivedate=2011-07-13 |df= }}</ref>
+[[Anthony Burgess]] (author of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'') described the novel as "a period gem". Senator David Norris sees the work as the "best Irish big house novel of the 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertiespress.com/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=13&products_id=82 |title=''Girl on a Bicycle'' |publisher=Liberties Press |location=LibertiesPress.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713204526/http://www.libertiespress.com/cartage.html?main_page=product_book_info&cPath=13&products_id=82 |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
-Frances Molloy's ''No Mate for the Magpie'', published in 1985, as well as the works of [[Mary Dorcey]] and Evelyn Cordon, have been compared to the style of ''Girl on a Bicycle''.<ref>{{cite book |author=St. Peter, Christine |year=2000 |title=Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction |location=London |publisher=Macmillan Press |isbn=978-0-312-22710-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Fogarty, Anne |date=March 22, 2002 |title=Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction |journal=Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies }}</ref>
+Frances Molloy's ''No Mate for the Magpie'', published in 1985, as well as the works of [[Mary Dorcey]] and Evelyn Cordon, have been compared to the style of ''Girl on a Bicycle''.<ref>{{cite book |author=St. Peter, Christine |year=2000 |title=Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction |location=London |publisher=Macmillan Press |isbn=978-0-312-22710-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Fogarty, Anne |date=March 22, 2002 |title=Changing Ireland: Strategies in Contemporary Women's Fiction |journal=Irish University Review}}</ref>
 ==Publication history==
-*1977: Dublin: Irish Writers Co-operative. - 160 pages. - {{oclc|3770242}}. - ISBN 978-0-905441-02-3.
+*1977: Dublin: Irish Writers Co-operative. - 160 pages. - {{oclc|3770242}}. - {{ISBN|978-0-905441-02-3}}.
-*2009: Dublin: Liberties Press. - 192 pages. - {{oclc|428778356}}. - ISBN 978-1-905483-79-2.
+*2009: Dublin: Liberties Press. - 192 pages. - {{oclc|428778356}}. - {{ISBN|978-1-905483-79-2}}.
 ::(Chester Springs, Pennsylvania: Dufour Editions - U.S. distributor).
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-[[Category:Irish novels]]
+[[Category:Irish historical novels]]
-[[Category:1977 novels]]
 [[Category:20th-century Irish novels]]
+[[Category:Irish bildungsromans]]
+[[Category:1977 debut novels]]
+[[Category:Novels set in the 1940s]]
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-{{1970s-novel-stub}}
+{{1970s-bildungsroman-stub}}