Olive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel The Story of an African Farm (1883), which has been highly acclaimed. It deals boldly with such contemporary issues as agnosticism, existential independence, individualism, the professional aspirations of women, and the elemental nature of life on the colonial frontier.
Thoughts on South Africa
Experience a land of stark beauty and clashing cultures through the eyes of a native daughter wrestling with its turbulent soul.
By Olive Schreiner
Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story
A young, poor girl’s dreams of a better life clash with a harsh reality when she flees into the wilderness to find freedom, only to face the stark truths of her existence.
By Olive Schreiner
Woman and Labour
Explore how civilization's progress paradoxically confined women, who once held vital roles, to the edges of the workforce, demanding a critical reevaluation of labor's landscape.
By Olive Schreiner
The South African Question
Caught between loyalty to England and love for their homeland, South Africans face a looming war that threatens to shatter their identities and tear apart their nation.
By Olive Schreiner
Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland
Lost and alone in the African wilderness, a soldier's chilling encounter transforms his understanding of colonialism and the very essence of humanity.
By Olive Schreiner
Dreams
Embark on a surreal journey where abstract personifications navigate life, love, and the evolving essence of joy, revealing profound truths about the human condition.
By Olive Schreiner
The Story of an African Farm
On a lonely South African farm, three young people struggle with dreams and the realities of life.
By Olive Schreiner