Lucy Anna Edgar Lucy Anna Edgar i(A58296 works by)
Also writes as: Theresa Tasmania
Born: Established: 1838 Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Perservering Frank Theresa Tasmania , 1875 single work poetry
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 25 November 1875; (p. 7)
1 Heedless Polly Theresa Tasmania , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 5 August 1875; (p. 7-8)
1 Divine Intercession Theresa Tasmania , 1875 single work poetry
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 22 July 1875; (p. 3)
1 Try Theresa Tasmania , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 10 June 1875; (p. 7-8)
1 A Lesson of Content Theresa Tasmania , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 7 March 1874; (p. 230-231)
1 Hope Theresa Tasmania , 1874 single work poetry
— Appears in: Christian Witness , 24 January 1874; (p. 203)
1 The Old Familiar Faces Theresa Tasmania , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 9 no. 100 1873; (p. 8-10) Of loves lost twenty years before - of heartlessness and hopeless love and marriage for monetary gain. Set around a colonial hearth in the form of a first person narrative. (PB)
1 Adeline Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 5 no. 60 1870; (p. 529-30)
1 Morning Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 5 no. 59 1870; (p. 461)
1 Adelina Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 5 no. 60 1870; (p. 529-530) A jilted lover takes a terrible revenge on her false fiancee - involving amateur dramatics and a tragic railway journey with his new wife. (PB)
1 The Rap at the Window Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 5 no. 59 1870; (p. 458-461) Set in Scotland, the return of a murdered sailor's ghost to his home, and his fiancee's vision of the murder at sea. A family bible proves it all. (PB)
1 You and I Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 5 no. 58 (p. 395-398) Romance of childhood love become adult devotion, and the attempted separation of the lovers through a cousin's machinations. (PB)
1 Buried Alive Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 5 no. 56 1870; (p. 300-302) A handsome young boy is locked in a cellar in Somersetshire for nearly 10 years so that his parents can claim a small inheritance he had been left. Interesting for the 'wild boy' description; supposedly based on fact. (PB)
1 Clari Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work novella Alice, an orphan cruelly treated by her aunt, is made briefly happy by the advent of the beautiful Clari as a summer neighbour in the English town where she lives. Clari is married very unhappily to a rich old man but after several years runs off with her lover, prompting Alice to run away from her aunt. After a period travelling with a small acting troupe she is looked after by a German nobleman and marries happily. (PB)
1 Love Song i "Where the grassy path invites us,", Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 6 no. 65 1870; (p. 111)
1 Darling Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 6 no. 67 1870; (p. 222-224) Of a remarkably good and winning child born into an extended family which had had only boys born for 70 years. Her goodness foretells her early death and she leaves a loving legacy. Sentimental tale. (PB)
1 Drummer's Baby Theresa Tasmania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 6 no. 65 1870; (p. 86-88) A convict ship founders off the Australian coast and a baby is rescued through a convict's selflessness. When the 'baby' is 17 years old she meets the man who saved her and his family ... Moral overtones. (PB)
1 y separately published work icon Waiting Theresa Tasmania , 1869 Jamison Centre : Mulini Press , 2008 Z1550326 1869 single work short story 'Waiting tells the plight of a young firl who married on her voyage out to Australia as an emigrant. The marriage was to a man who treated her very badly and she ran away and secured a position as a governess. All was well until she met a man whith whom she fell in love. She could not marry him because she was already married. Then began her period of "waiting".' (Back cover)
1 A 'Model' Dream Theresa Tasmania , 1869 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 5 no. 52 1869; (p. 22-24) Deep South : Stories from Tasmania 2012; (p. 117-132) A dream visit to Port Arthur, Tasmania - its physical beauty and the oppressive Model prison. (PB)
1 y separately published work icon Waiting Theresa Tasmania , Canberra : Mulini Press , 2008 Z1065122 1869 single work short story A beautiful, clever, spirited girl, daughter of an English clergyman, emigrates to Australia after his death. On the voyage she meets Martin Jeffries who she marries only to be mistreated and beaten. She leaves him and takes a position as governess only to meet the man she truly loves. It is twelve years before her husband is reported dead - and then she must wait to see if her lover is still true ... (PB)
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