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Harris discusses the life and works of Jessie Couvreur and argues that the Australianness of her fiction is inextricable from the dramatisation of the woman question. But, while autobiographical elements can be found, Harris stresses that the novels are much more complicated than simple self-justification or therapy because female characters are not readily exonerated. The popularity of Couvreur's fiction, however, was achieved by the successful transplantation of familiar character types and situations from other nineteenth century fiction to the unfamiliar Australian setting.
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The Writing of Tasma, the Work of Jessie Couvreur
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- Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill : An Australian Novel 1888 single work novel
- In Her Earliest Youth 1890 single work novel
- The Penance of Portia James 1891 single work novel
- The White Feather 1891 single work novel
- Not Counting the Cost 1895 single work novel
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