A remarkable story
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The Story of an African Farm is an account about a family and how they interact in a South African farm. This is a book that is hard to put down. With is unfamiliar depiction of life style unfamiliar , it still comes out as engaging, inspirational and real. This is striking thing about the story is its deep portrayal of women . This is a highly recommendable book for readers who want to get a good grasps of the different perceptions and treatment of women in our world. It reminded me of another great read, The Usurper and Other.
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A beautiful and fascinating book
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This book is in two parts and was originally published with these in separate editions. In part two, you could be reading a different novel. The children have grown and so the protagonists changed. This book is notorious for Lyndall, the feminist cousin. I, on the other hand, thought that the really special part of this book was a section in the middle describing a person's relationship with religion and god, and the young German Waldoff. I found that the feminism came accross as a lecture and let the novel down. This book is certainly worth a read. I'll read more Olive Schreiner after this.
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