Story of an African Farm, The

<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/4068.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Story of an African Farm, The</u><br><span>The novel details the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults - Waldo, Em and Lyndall - who live on a farm in the Karoo region of South Africa. The story is set in the middle- to late Nineteenth century - the First Boer War is alluded to, but not mentioned by name. The book is semi-autobiographical: in particular, the two principal protagonists (Waldo and Lyndall) display strong similarities to Schreiner's life and philosophy.<br/>The book was first published in 1883 in London, under the pseudonym Ralph Iron. It quickly became a best-seller, despite causing some controversy over its frank portrayal of freethought, feminism, premarital sex and pregnancy out of wedlock and transvestitism. </span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />