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y separately published work icon An Original Talent single work   novel   young adult   historical fiction  
Is part of Jerusha Braddon Trilogy Wendy Scarfe , 2001 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 An Original Talent
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'An Original Talent is complete in itself. But it is also the third novel in the trilogy about high-spirited Jerusha Braddon and her gallant struggle to survive as an independent woman painter in the 1870s Melbourne. It follows Fishing for Strawberries and Jerusha Braddon, Painter.

'The art dealer Peter Larchy has launched her first exhibition and she is elated at having dared to thrust in the public's eye a painting of a nude prostitute and a portrait of her murdered friend Christine. But her originality scandalises bringing social rejection, poverty and estrangement from her fiancé John. In love with Peter Larchy, she yet fears that marriage to him could destroy her independence as a painter. She asks herself if married women painted and admits despairingly, 'I knew none that did.'

'To avoid starving, she sketches passers-by in Bourke Street for two shillings. Torn between her timidities and her daring, she remains undaunted in her passion to create paintings that are groundbreaking and unique.

'And finally she courageously makes a decision about marriage.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • West Lakes, Charles Sturt area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: Seaview Press , 2010 .
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      Extent: vi, 232p.p.
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      • Published 1 July 2010
      ISBN: 9781740085571 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Jane Taylor , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 40-41)

— Review of An Original Talent Wendy Scarfe , 2010 single work novel
Untitled Jane Taylor , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 40-41)

— Review of An Original Talent Wendy Scarfe , 2010 single work novel
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