This pioneering work was a cause celebre when it appeared in London, transforming the shape and course of the late Victorian novel. Lynall, Schreiner's articulate young feminist, marks the entry of the controversial New Woman into nineteenth-century fiction. From the haunting plains of South Africa's high Karoo, Schreiner boldly addresses her society's greatest fears: the loss of faith, the dissolution of marriage, and women's social and political independence. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around...
This pioneering work was a cause celebre when it appeared in London, transforming the shape and course of the late Victorian novel. Lynall, Schreiner'...
"This excellent edition allows us to read The Story of an African Farm in its important social, political, and literary contexts. It is an important achievement." -- Paula M. Krebs, Wheaton College
"This excellent edition allows us to read The Story of an African Farm in its important social, political, and literary contexts. It is an important a...
