It was adapted into a 1975 film of the same name. The novel sparked critical and public interest for its ambivalent presentation as a true story as well as its vague conclusion and is widely considered to be one of the most important Australian novels. In 1967, Lindsay published her most celebrated work, Picnic at Hanging Rock, a historical Gothic novel detailing the vanishing of three schoolgirls and their teacher at the site of a monolith during one summer. Her second novel, Time Without Clocks, was published nearly thirty years later, and was a semi-autobiographical account of the early years of her marriage to artist Daryl Lindsay. A previously unpublished final chapter of the novel was printed posthumously as a standalone book in 1987, titled The Secret of Hanging Rock. Trained in her youth as a painter, Lindsay published her first literary work in 1936 at age forty under a pseudonym, a satirical novel titled Through Darkest Pondelayo. Joan Lindsay was much taken with spiritualism and claimed to have the power to stop watches at will simply by approaching the wearer. Trained in her youth as a painter, she published her first literary work in 1936 at age forty under a pseudonym, a satirical novel titled Through Darkest Pondelayo. Joan à Beckett Lindsay (16 November 1896 – 23 December 1984), also known as Lady Lindsay, was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist. Joan Beckett Weigall, Lady Lindsay (16 November 1896 23 December 1984) 2 was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist.
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