The Young Desire It
| Author | Seaforth Mackenzie |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape, London |
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Publication date
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1937 |
| Media type | Print hardback & paperback |
| Pages | 330 |
| Followed by | Chosen People |
The Young Desire It (1937) is a novel by Australian author Seaforth Mackenzie. It won the ALS Gold Medal for Best Novel in 1937.
The novel details a year in the life of its teenage protagonist Charles Fox. He has left his idyllic life on an isolated West Australian farm for boarding school. There he suffers the bullying of his fellow students, uncomfortable advances from his schoolmaster and a difficult scholastic workload.
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