The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner

"The Story of an African Farm" by Olive Schreiner is a novel published in 1883. Set on a Karoo farm in 19th-century South Africa, it follows three characters—Waldo, Em, and Lyndall—from childhood into adulthood. The novel explores profound questions about faith, feminism, love, marriage, and motherhood through its semi-autobiographical protagonists. Lyndall's fierce independence and refusal to conform to societal expectations anchor this groundbreaking work, which challenged Victorian conventions with its frank treatment of free thought, gender equality, and women's autonomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
Title The Story of an African Farm
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_an_African_Farm
Credits Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Young women -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Farm life -- Fiction
Subject Feminists -- Fiction
Subject Africa, Southern -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 1441
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 24, 2018
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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