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The Story of an African Farm
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The Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner
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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 … This novel is one of the most astonishing, least-expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one that has had an enduring influence.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 June 2008
Pages
304
ISBN
9780140431841

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.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 June 2008
Pages
304
ISBN
9780140431841

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