The Story of an African Farm. Olive Schreiner

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      THE STORY

       OF AN

      AFRICAN FARM

       By

      OLIVE SCHREINER

       First published in 1883

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      Contents

       Olive Schreiner

       PREFACE

       GLOSSARY

       PART I

      I SHADOWS FROM CHILD-LIFE

      II PLANS AND BUSHMAN PAINTINGS

       III I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN

       IV BLESSED IS HE THAT BELIEVETH

       V SUNDAY SERVICES

      VI BONAPARTE BLENKINS MAKES HIS NEST

      VII HE SETS HIS TRAP

      VIII HE CATCHES THE OLD BIRD

      IX HE SEES A GHOST

      X HE SHOWS HIS TEETH

      XI HE SNAPS

       XII HE BITES

      XIII HE MAKES LOVE

       PART II

      I TIMES AND SEASONS

      II WALDO’S STRANGER

      III GREGORY ROSE FINDS HIS AFFINITY

      IV LYNDALL

      V TANT SANNIE HOLDS AN UPSITTING, AND GREGORY WRITES A LETTER

      VI A BOER-WEDDING

      VII WALDO GOES OUT TO TASTE LIFE, AND EM STAYS AT HOME AND TASTES IT

      VIII THE KOPJE

      IX LYNDALL’S STRANGER

      X GREGORY ROSE HAS AN IDEA

      XI AN UNFINISHED LETTER

      XII GREGORY’S WOMANHOOD

      XIII DREAMS

      XIV WALDO GOES OUT TO SIT IN THE SUNSHINE

      Olive Schreiner

      Olive Schreiner was born on Wittebergen Reserve, Cape Colony (present-day Lesotho) in 1855. After finishing school, she found work as a governess and a schoolteacher, and during her free time began to work on a novel about her experiences in South Africa.

      When Schreiner had saved enough money, she travelled to Britain, hoping to