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The Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner · 1883 · published as Ralph Iron

Original text in English.

The Karoo, a semi-desert plateau in the interior, is then a stock-farming country where a farm can go for months without a visitor.

Novel · 29 parts · about 101 000 words · about 7 h 20 of reading

Contents

1. Preface2 min

Part I

1. IShadows From Child-Life14 min
2. IIPlans and Bushman Paintings11 min
3. IIII Was A Stranger, and Ye Took Me In11 min
4. IVBlessed is He That Believeth14 min
5. VSunday Services14 min
6. VIBonaparte Blenkins Makes His Nest9 min
7. VIIHe Sets His Trap7 min
8. VIIIHe Catches the Old Bird17 min
9. IXHe Sees A Ghost13 min
10. XHe Shows His Teeth5 min
11. XIHe Snaps12 min
12. XIIHe Bites19 min
13. XIIIHe Makes Love9 min

Part II

1. ITimes and Seasons31 min
2. IIWaldo’s Stranger32 min
3. IIIGregory Rose Finds His Affinity16 min
4. IVLyndall31 min
5. VTant Sannie Holds An Upsitting, and Gregory Writes A Letter13 min
6. VIA Boer-wedding21 min
7. VIIWaldo Goes Out to Taste Life, and Em Stays At Home and Tastes It6 min
8. VIIIThe Kopje16 min
9. IXLyndall’s Stranger14 min
10. XGregory Rose Has An Idea7 min
11. XIAn Unfinished Letter29 min
12. XIIGregory’s Womanhood37 min
13. XIIIDreams12 min
14. XIVWaldo Goes Out to Sit in the Sunshine17 min

1. Glossary1 min

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