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
II PLANS AND BUSHMAN PAINTINGS
III I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN
IV BLESSED IS HE THAT BELIEVETH
VI BONAPARTE BLENKINS MAKES HIS NEST
III GREGORY ROSE FINDS HIS AFFINITY
V TANT SANNIE HOLDS AN UPSITTING, AND GREGORY WRITES A LETTER
VII WALDO GOES OUT TO TASTE LIFE, AND EM STAYS AT HOME AND TASTES IT
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