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       Vienna 1907

      Wally Neuzil must find a way to feed her family. Having failed in many vocations, Wally has one last shot: esteemed artist Gustav Klimt needs a muse, and Wally could be the girl he’s been waiting for. But Wally soon discovers that there is much more to her role than just sitting looking pretty. And while she had hoped to establish herself as an emerging lady, the upper classes see her as no more than a prostitute.

      With her society dreams dashed Wally finds herself at rock bottom. So when young artist, Egon Schiele, shows her how different life can be Wally grabs hold of the new start she’s been desperately seeking. As a passionate love affair ensues will he be the making of her or her undoing?

      The Artist’s Muse

      Kerry Postle

      ONE PLACE. MANY STORIES

      Contents

       Cover

       Blurb

       Title Page

       Author Bio

       Acknowledgements

       Disclaimer

       Dedication

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Chapter 35

       Chapter 36

       Chapter 37

       Chapter 38

       Chapter 39

      Endpages

       Copyright

       KERRY POSTLE

      left King’s College London with a distinction in her MA in French Literature. She’s written articles for newspapers and magazines, and has worked as a teacher of Art, French, German, Spanish, and English. She blogs on art and literature.

      She lives in Bristol with her husband. They have three grown-up sons.

      Kerry is currently working on her second novel set in Franco’s Spain.

      Follow her on twitter @kerry_postle

       Acknowledgements

      For their unwavering support, Simon, Joe, Tom and Harry. For her unfailing belief in me, my mother.

      For her time, patience, and curbing of my predilection for ribald double-entendres, Kate.

      For their support and expertise, Hannah Smith and Helena Newton at HQ Digital.

      I’m indebted to the following works: Jane Kallir’s Life and Works of Egon Schiele for dates and biographical details, Arthur Rimbaud’s poem ‘The Infernal Bridegroom’ from Une Saison en Enfer 1873 for the light it sheds on the nature of Wally and Egon’s relationship, Otto Weininger’s Geschlecht und Charakter 1903 for its insight into the misogyny of the time, and Adelheid Popp’s autobiographical Die Jugendgeschichte einer Arbeiterin 1909 for exposing the hardships faced by working class women at the turn of the century. As for Karl Kraus’s formula for a woman’s soul, I stumbled across it in Edward Timms’ Karl Kraus, Apocalyptic Satirist:Culture and Catastrophe in Habsburg Vienna.

      However, I would never have started this novel if I hadn’t visited the Leopold Museum’s stimulating ‘WALLY NEUZIL. Her Life with Egon Schiele’ in 2015. This exhibition posed more questions than it answered. The Artist’s Muse is my response.

       Author’s Note

      Although inspired by a true story the facts narrated and the characters represented in this novel are fictitious.

       For Simon, Joe, Tom and Harry

      ‘woman is soulless and possesses neither ego nor individuality, personality nor freedom, character nor will.’

      Otto Weininger, Sex and Character

      Vienna, 1903

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