The Story of an African Farm (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 132)

New York: The Modern Library, 1930. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1930 printing of Toledano 132.1, binding 6, orange Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine and edges toned, binding a bit shaken. ix, 375 pp. Introduction by Francis Brett Young. Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful...and doomed. Their childhood is disrupted by a bombastic Irishman, Bonaparte Blenkins, who gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother...This novel is one of the most astonishing, least-expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one that has had an enduring influence. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 - December 11, 1920), was a South African author, pacifist and political activist. She is best known for her novel The Story of an African Farm, which has been acclaimed for the manner it tackled the issues of its day, ranging from agnosticism to the treatment of women.