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The Story of an African Farm

novel by Schreiner
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The Story of an African Farm, novel published in 1883, with its authorship credited to the pseudonymous Ralph Iron. The author was later revealed to be Olive Schreiner. It was a best seller, both praised and condemned for its powerfully feminist, unconventional, and anti-Christian views on religion and marriage. The novel draws on Schreiner’s memories of growing up on the isolated South African veld. Its protagonist, Lyndall, lives on an ostrich farm, and her choices...

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