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Netflix’s six-episode adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel follows aspiring writer Sybylla Melvyn in 1900s Australia.
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My Brilliant Career is a six-episode Netflix period drama based on Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel. It follows Sybylla Melvyn, an aspiring writer in early 1900s Australia, as she pushes against expectations that she should marry and settle down. Philippa Northeast stars, with Liz Doran serving as showrunner.
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My Brilliant Career recorded 3.1 million views in its first release window and entered Netflix’s Top 10 in 54 countries. Here is what the Australian adaptation is about and why the result stands out.