"Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories" by Perceval Gibbon is a collection of tales narrated by Vrouw Grobelaar, a strong Boer woman, sharing her experiences and teachings from the South African frontier in the early 1900s. As the respected head of her family, surrounded by grandchildren and her staff, Grobelaar recounts stories that touch on right and wrong, the way people from different races interact, the ups and downs of love, and the everyday fights and struggles of living in a land ruled by colonizers. We see her world through stories passed down through generations, revealing difficult situations where people had to make tough choices, all while her relatives, like the young and curious Katje, listen and learn. The book is filled with the beliefs and wonders that influenced the lives of these frontier people.
Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories
By Perceval Gibbon
Listen as a powerful woman from a faraway land shares captivating stories of morality, love, and survival in a world filled with conflict and tradition.
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Perceval Gibbon was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. Gibbon had travelled to South Africa in 1898, moved to the war front and became the representative of a syndicate of colonial newspapers at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. He is best remembered for his short stories, which often contained an ironic twist at the end. Gibbon's influence on the work of later South African authors has been acknowledged. For instance, the fictional narrator of Vrouw Grobelaar's Leading Cases (1905) is said to be a forerunner of Herman Charles Bosman's character Oom Schalk Lourens.
Perceval Gibbon was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. Gibbon had travelled to South Africa in 1898, moved to the war front and became the representative of a syndicate of colonial newspapers at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. He is best remembered for his short stories, which often contained an ironic twist at the end. Gibbon's influence on the work of later South African authors has been acknowledged. For instance, the fictional narrator of Vrouw Grobelaar's Leading Cases (1905) is said to be a forerunner of Herman Charles Bosman's character Oom Schalk Lourens.
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