My Brilliant Career

This Australian classic, which was first published in 1901, tells the story of a 16 year old girl. She is trapped on her parents’ farm, and she simultaneosly loves the bbush life and hates the physical burdens it imposes. She longs for a more refined lifestyle – to read, think, sing – but above all to do great things.

Suddenly she is whisked away to live on her mother grandmother’s property and her life is transformed when the rich and handsome Harry Beecham sees her. And soon she’ll have to choose between everything a conventional life offers and her own plans for a brilliant career…