Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Small, dark green w/gaded gilt dec, lettering. "Electric Edition" appears lower left corner front cover. No date but assumed later printing than June 1883 appearing on dedication page. 391 pages. Fiction. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall Size: 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall.

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Title: The Story of An African Farm
Publisher: Chicago: A.M. Rothschild & Co., Chicago
Publication Date: 1978
Language: English
ISBN 10: 091586424X
ISBN 13: 9780915864249
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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1927. A classic story of rural life in 19th Century South Africa, it is a searing indictment of the rigid Boer social conventions. The first of the great South African novel chronicles the adventures of three childhood friends who defy societal repression. The novel's unorthodox views on religion and marriage aroused widespread controversy upon its 1883 publication, and the work retains in power more than a century later.

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"This excellent edition of The Story of an African Farm allows us to read the novel in its important social, political, and literary contexts. Along with its thorough overview of the novel's place in turn-of-the-century views on gender and race, the text's introduction contributes a long-overdue focus on Schreiner and Victorian political economy. Readers will value the extensive appendices, which allow us to see the novel not only as an innovative narrative but also as a key intervention in social, political, and religious debates that affected Britain and its empire. This edition is an important achievement."--Paula M. Krebs

"This excellent edition of The Story of an African Farm allows us to read the novel in its important social, political, and literary contexts. Along with its thorough overview of the novel's place in turn-of-the-century views on gender and race, the text's introduction contributes a long-overdue focus on Schreiner and Victorian political economy. Readers will value the extensive appendices, which allow us to see the novel not only as an innovative narrative but also as a key intervention in social, political, and religious debates that affected Britain and its empire. This edition is an important achievement." -- Paula M. Krebs, Wheaton College

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