The Story of an African Farm

By Schreiner, Olive

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Title:	The Story of an African Farm
Author:	Schreiner, Olive
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Preface: I have to thank cordially the public and my critics for the reception they have given this little book. Dealing with a subject that is far removed from the round of English daily life, it of necessity lacks the charm that hangs about the ideal representation of familiar things, and its reception has therefore been the more kindly. A word of explanation is necessary. Two strangers appear on the scene, and some have fancied that in the second they have again the first, who returns in a new guise. Why this should be we cannot tell; unless there is a feeling that a man should not appear upon the scene, and then disappear, leaving behind him no more substantial trace than a mere book; that he should return later on as husband or lover, to fill some more important part than that of the mere stimulator of thought. Human life may be painted according to two methods. There is the stage method. According to that each character is duly marshalled at first, and ticketed; we know with an immutable certainty ..

Table of Contents
Contents. Part I. Chapter 1.I. Shadows From Child Life. Chapter 1.II. Plans and Bushman Paintings. Chapter 1.III. I Was A Stranger, and Ye Took Me In. Chapter 1.IV. Blessed is He That Believeth. Chapter 1.V. Sunday Services. Chapter 1.VI. Bonaparte Blenkins Makes His Nest. Chapter 1.VII. He Sets His Trap. Chapter 1.VIII. He Catches the Old Bird. Chapter 1.IX. He Sees A Ghost. Chapter 1.X. He Shows His Teeth. Chapter 1.XI. He Snaps. Chapter 1.XII. He Bites. Chapter 1.XIII. He Makes Love.