Reviews

The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner, Dan Jacobson

giada_andolfo's review against another edition

5.0

A heartbreaking story about two little stepdaughters in the English colony, a story which is not only about the difficulties of being a child in that states, but also, and above all, the difficulties of being a sort of salve like Waldo and being able to find Beauty in everything. The strong desire of knowledge of the beautiful Lyndall, whose destiny will make you cry, the desire to be loved by someone like Em and the desire to enrich yourself by doing what you love, like Waldo, Even if you can hardly describe it. A story that I got to know thanks To my teacher. This story, more than Oronooko's made me cry.

sharlappalachia's review against another edition

2.0

read for Growing Up in the Victorian Novel.

elcaineelc's review against another edition

2.0

Very thoughtful and somewhat groundbreaking in its presentation of gender roles and the New Woman, this was an interesting text.

chairmanbernanke's review against another edition

3.0

A good and distinctive farm story.

kumipaul's review against another edition

2.0

A few interesting moments, some interesting monologue about feminism and strong women, generally interesting relationship conflicts, but way too many rambling monologues, stories about nothing, religious zealotry, and racist moments. Was there a farm here?

alysian_fields's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

orlywelch's review against another edition

4.0

Enjoyed it quite a bit actually! A good book on colonialism (not that I understand it), with multiple sub-plots, tragedy, romance...
Beautiful descriptive passages of the South African landscape. This was one of the first books about South Africa to be written by a South African.

giomarg's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

funneemonkee's review against another edition

5.0

A gorgeous novel

ashels's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0