ISBN: 9781406801743

Spanning the childhood and burgeoning adulthood of three young people, this stunning evocation of 19th-century South Africa is a coming-of-age classic and an early feminist and … More...

Spanning the childhood and burgeoning adulthood of three young people, this stunning evocation of 19th-century South Africa is a coming-of-age classic and an early feminist and modernist novelLyndall is a feisty young girl with an independent spirit who is frustrated by the limited options open to her as a girl in South African society. She is the polar opposite of her cheerful, chubby cousin Em, who aspires to get married and settle down. The third child in the trio is Lyndall’s best friend, Waldo, a thoughtful little boy who questions everything about the world around him except his affection for Lyndall. The children’s bucolic lives on the veld are disrupted by the arrival of Bonaparte Blenkins to the farm, a confidence trickster who is keen to seduce Em’s stepmother in order to take over the farm. Only Lyndall has the self-confidence to stand up to Bonaparte’s cruelty, but ultimately his actions will echo throughout their lives forever. As the children grow up, they fall in love, move away, move back, and ultimately find meaning in their lives, despite the tragedies they endure. An instant bestseller on its publication in 1883, this book was far ahead of its time in its portrayal of women in society, and it retains its power more than a century later. Tackling themes of religion, philosophy, unrequited love, and fate, it helped transform the shape and course of the late Victorian novel and is a classic of South African literature. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Echo Library Core >1<

ISBN: 9781406801743

This early work by Olive Schreiner was originally published in 1883 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Story of an African Farm details the lives … More...

This early work by Olive Schreiner was originally published in 1883 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Story of an African Farm details the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults, and when published caused significant controversy over its frank portrayal of freethought, feminism, premarital sex, and transvestitism. Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner was born on 24th March 1855 at the Wesleyan Missionary Society station at Wittebergen in the Eastern Cape, near Herschel in South Africa. In 1880, Olive set sail for the United Kingdom with the goal of taking a position as a trainee nurse at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh in Scotland. Unfortunately ill-health prevented her from studying and she was forced to concede that writing would and could be her only work in life. She became increasingly involved with the politics of the South Africa, leading her to make influential acquaintances such as Cecil John Rhodes, with whom she eventually became disillusioned and wrote a scathing allegory in his honour. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Echo Library Core >1<

ISBN: 9781406801743

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Echo Library], 1927. A classic story of rural life in 19th Century South Africa, it is a searing indictment of the rigid Boer social conventions. The first of the … More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Echo Library], 1927. A classic story of rural life in 19th Century South Africa, it is a searing indictment of the rigid Boer social conventions. The first of the great South African novel chronicles the adventures of three childhood friends who defy societal repression. The novel's unorthodox views on religion and marriage aroused widespread controversy upon its 1883 publication, and the work retains in power more than a century later. Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

ISBN: 9781406801743

The Story of an African Farm Paperback New Books, Lightning Source Inc

2006, ISBN: 1406801747

Kartoniert / Broschiert FICTION / Historical, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Echo Library]