The Story of an African Farm

$14.74
This item is sold out

To view similar items click here.

Free Delivery on this purchase

The Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner

Publisher: Penguin BooksFormat: Paperback

This novel is one of the most astonishing, least expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one which has had an enduring influence. Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely Bible-dominated 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 claims blood ties with Wellington and Queen Victoria and so gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother...As the story of Em and Lyndall's two careers - both in their way tragic yet fulfilled - is taken to its end, we learn not merely of a backwater in colonial history but of the whole human condition.

GST Note: GST is included in the price of this item. GST is included in the freight.

Customer Reviews

Delivery*

Delivery

Delivery time frames will depend on your location, please check the shipping calculator to see an estimate of when you can typically expect to receive your goods based on your postcode.