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Books That Made Us

I think there's something in thisnovel that is about the underdog that people really...

I think there's something in this
novel that is about the underdog that people really relate to
in Australia

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I think there's something in this novel that is about the underdog
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that people really relate to in Australia.
Duration
10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:48:12
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E02 He doesn't have long tracts of description of landscape, - Books That Made Us 00:05
He doesn't have long tracts of description of landscape...
S01 • E03 Can you give me some lessons in how to say that first line? - Books That Made Us 00:05
Can you give me some lessons in how to say that first line?
S01 • E01 That people really relate to The hard-done-by, making good, - Books That Made Us 00:09
That people really relate to The hard-done-by, making good,
S01 • E02 So, it's almost like a process... It's a great deceptive gift - Books That Made Us 00:06
So, it's almost like a process... It's a great dec...
S01 • E02 Because the landscape is alive Is it silly to compare him to - Books That Made Us 00:07
Because the landscape is alive Is it silly to compare him to
S01 • E01 I read 'Cloudstreet' 30 years ago, - Books That Made Us 00:09
I read 'Cloudstreet' 30 years ago,
S01 • E03 Our family have had language forever - Books That Made Us 00:09
Our family have had language forever
S01 • E02 (LAUGHS) Really. - Books That Made Us 00:05
(LAUGHS) Really.
S01 • E01 I mean, I was a reasonable reader but I wasn't a huge, voracious reader. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I mean, I was a reasonable reader but I wasn't a huge, ...
S01 • E03 I was hoping we'd read some pages of the story - Books That Made Us 00:18
I was hoping we'd read some pages of the story
S01 • E01 But it was certainly one of those books that was a must-read. - Books That Made Us 00:04
But it was certainly one of those books that was a must-read...
S01 • E02 Could you say it was a crowning achievement of a career, - Books That Made Us 00:05
Could you say it was a crowning achievement of a career,
S01 • E01 Everyone was talking about it. It had swept everyone away. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Everyone was talking about it. It had swept everyone away.
S01 • E02 I hope my books are the crowning achievement of my career, - Books That Made Us 00:11
I hope my books are the crowning achievement of my career,
S01 • E01 And that is Oriel setting up a tent in the backyard, - Books That Made Us 00:10
And that is Oriel setting up a tent in the backyard,
S01 • E03 So the more we can get presenting it to one another - Books That Made Us 00:08
So the more we can get presenting it to one another
S01 • E02 In 1973, Patrick White became the first Australian - Books That Made Us 00:07
In 1973, Patrick White became the first Australian
S01 • E01 WESLEY: And it uses that idea of the house as a metaphor for country, - Books That Made Us 00:06
WESLEY: And it uses that idea of the house as a metaphor for...
S01 • E03 (AUNTY IRIS READS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) - Books That Made Us 00:10
(AUNTY IRIS READS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE)
S01 • E02 Almost 50 years on, a much-revered writer - Books That Made Us 00:09
Almost 50 years on, a much-revered writer