The story of an African farm
Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920198208UU
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Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful... and doomed. Their childhood is disrupted by a bombastic Irishman, Bonaparte Blenkins, who gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother. Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful...and doomed. Their childhood is disrupted by a bombastic Irishman, Bonaparte Blenkins, who gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother...This novel is one of the most astonishing, least-expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one that has had an enduring influence.
Main title:
The story of an African farm / Olive Schreiner; Introduction by Dan Jacobson.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books Ltd : [distributor] Penguin Books Ltd : [distributor] United Book Distributors : [distributor] United Book Distributors : [distributor] Booksite Afrika : [distributor] Penguin Books, 1982.
Collation:
304 p. ; 20x13x2 cm.
Notes:
Paperback. B-format paperback.
Biography/History:
Olive Schreiner 1855--1920, South African author and feminist, b. Wittebergen Reserve, Cape Colony. After several years as a governess, she went to England in 1881, taking with her the manuscript of her famous novel, The Story of an African Farm (1883). Her later works included Dreams (1921), a collection of allegories; Women and Labour (1911); and a significant novel, unfinished, From Man to Man (1926).
ISBN:
9780140431841 (pbk)0140431845 (pbk)
Dewey class:
AF
Local class:
YA
Language:
English
Index terms:
Fiction in EnglishSouth African writersto 1909Texts
BRN:
708740