New Zealand novels and novelists, 1861-1979

the long version

More than four hundred authors and a thousand titles are included in this comprehensive bibliography that has long been required in New Zealand literature. The main entries are arranged chronologically with a brief desription of the contents of each book and there are separate listings by title and by author. The chronological entries serve as a history of the development of the novel in this country, from Stoney's Taranaki of 1861 to the novels of the present day. Students of New Zealand literature, librarians and the general reader will find the bibliography of considerable value and interest both in recalling novels they have intended to read or may once have read, and in disclosing titles that would otherwise have remained unknown. An essential book for all who read novels.