The Story of an African Farm

First published 1883 under the pseudonym Ralph Iron, this was South African author Olive Schreiner's first novel. It was an immediate and controversial success and has become recognized as one of the first feminist novels. It tells the story of Waldo, Em and Lyndall from childhood through adulthood while living in the Karoo region of South Africa. The Story of an African Farm was made into a film in 2004.
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