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and feminism amongst other topics, her views escaped restrictive categorisations. Her published works and other surviving writings promote implicit values such as moderation, friendship, and understanding amongst all peoples, and avoid the pitfalls of political radicalism, which she consciously eschewed. Called a lifelong freethinker, she also continued to adhere to the spirit of the Christian Bible and developed a secular version of the worldview of her missionary parents, with mystical elements.
1816: 1749: 377: 441:. In London, Schreiner often found herself at odds with society's expectations of "respectable behaviour". Edward Carpenter described her as "a pretty woman of apparently lady-like origin who did not wear a veil and seldom wore gloves, and who talked and laughed even in the streets quite naturally". She clashed with a succession of landlords over her frequent male visitors, and once, outside her lodgings at 16 Portsea Place near 512:, a politically active farmer. They were of the same mind on the "Native Question" and on Rhodes, and Schreiner soon fell in love with him. During a brief visit to England in 1893, she discussed with her friends the possibility of marrying him, although she was concerned that she would find marriage restrictive. She put aside these doubts, however, and they were married in 1894, after which they settled at Cronwright's farm. 1835: 369: 173:(1926), published posthumously. She had not completed its revisions before her death. The first edition was produced by her husband, Samuel Cronwright-Schreiner. It was re-edited and published by the University of Cape Town Press (edited and introduced by Dorothy Driver). This edition corrects previous errors and provides another ending to the novel, in Schreiner's own words, in addition to her husband's summary. 204: 290:. This text was to have a profound impact on her. While rejecting religious creeds and doctrine, Spencer also argued for a belief in an Absolute that lay beyond the scope of human knowledge and conception. This belief was founded in the unity of nature and a teleological universe, both of which Olive was to appropriate for herself in her attempts to create a morality free of organised religion. 33: 988:, a collection of essays by G.K. Chesterton published in 1905, who praises her as "a fierce, brilliant, and realistic novelist... Her literary kinship is with the pessimistic fiction of the continent; with the novelists whose very pity is cruel. Olive Schreiner is the one English colonial who is not conventional" in his diatribe on English Colonization. 319:... from girlhood experienced erotic day-dreams, imagining love-stories of which she herself was the heroine; the climax of these stories has developed with her own knowledge of sexual matters ... She regards herself as very passionate ... but her sexual emotions appear to have developed very slowly and have been somewhat intellectualised. 226:
loving and gentle, though impractical, which led to difficulties for the family; but her mother Rebecca was intent on teaching her children the same restraint and self-discipline that had been a part of her upbringing. Olive received virtually all of her initial education from her mother, who was well-read and gifted.
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I think I first had this feeling with regard to death clearly when my favourite little sister died when I was nine years old. I slept with her little body until it was buried, & after that, I used to sit for hours by her grave ... & it was as impossible for me then, as it is impossible for me
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to run the Wesleyan training institute there. As with so many of his other projects, he could not manage the responsibility and was expelled in disgrace for trading against missionary regulations. He was forced to make his own living for the first time in his life and tried a business venture. Again,
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From a chronological viewpoint, Olive Schreiner's life shows an interesting pattern. After she spent the first twenty-five thereof in South Africa ... she was in England for more than seven years, and also lived during this time in Europe. After this, she lived in South Africa for twenty-four years,
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edition provides; full diplomatic transcriptions, including omissions, insertions, and 'mistakes'; extensive full-text search facilities; topic collections of Schreiner letters; a 'dramatis personae' providing bibliographical information on Schreiner's correspondents and many other people mentioned
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Given the situation in England, it is perhaps not surprising that Schreiner chose to return to South Africa, sailing back to Cape Town in 1889. The return home was unsettling for her – she felt extremely alienated from the people around her, but at the same time experienced a great affinity for the
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However, Olive's real ambitions did not lie in the direction of writing. She had always wanted to be a doctor but had never had enough money to pay for the training. Undaunted, she decided that she would be a nurse as that did not require her to pay anything. By 1880, she had saved enough money for
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After this meeting, Schreiner travelled from place to place, accepting posts as a governess with various families, later leaving them because of personal conflict with her employers. One issue which always surfaced was her unusual view of religion. Her apostasy did not sit well with the traditional
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The next few years were difficult and unsettled ones for them. Schreiner's worsening health forced the couple to move constantly, while her first and only child, a daughter, died within a day. This loss was worsened by the fact that all her other pregnancies would end in miscarriages. However, she
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Her eldest brother, Frederick Samuel (1841–1901), obtained a BA at London University and founded New College in Eastbourne in 1877. He remained as headmaster until late 1897, but continued to run the junior school until 1901. He died in 1901 at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne and was interred in the
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was said by Schreiner to be her favourite among her novels. From exploring white women's confinement to domestic life in colonial-era South Africa, the novel eventually expands its gaze to include black women and girls, whose presence gradually informs the central character's struggle to re-create
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Since the late 20th century, scholars have also credited Schreiner as an advocate for the Afrikaners, and other South African groups who were excluded from political power for decades, such as indigenous blacks, Jews, and Indians. Although she showed interest in socialism, pacifism, vegetarianism,
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However, her brothers' financial situation soon deteriorated, as diamonds became increasingly difficult to find. Olive had no choice but to resume her transient lifestyle, moving between various households and towns, until she returned briefly to her parents in 1874. It was there that she had the
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It is obvious that she felt attracted to the towering and even possibly hypnotic personality of Gau, like that of Undine Blair, and mistook the physical attraction for love ... "I was once partly in love when I was barely 15, and have never had the smallest return of that feeling though I have
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in South Africa. Her parents, Gottlob Schreiner and Rebecca (née Lyndall), married in England in 1837. She was named after her three older brothers, Oliver (1848–1854), Albert (1843–1843) and Emile (1852–1852), each of whom died before she was born. Her childhood was a harsh one: her father was
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in 1867, Schreiner and two of their siblings went to live with him. She also attended his school, where she received formal education for the first time. But she was no happier in Cradock than she had been in Wittebergen or Healdtown. Her siblings were very religious, but, like many learned
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As far as Olive's sexuality is concerned there is little known, because however open she was for her time, this was merely relative, and the information that may be used as the primary evidence in this regard, is included and appeared as an addendum in the case studies that appear in
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The Olive Schreiner Letters Online database is a collection of over 5,000 extant letters written to or from Schreiner. The letters cover a diverse range of topics from South African political history, 'New Women' writers, international social movements, to feminist social theory. The
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the time of her friendship with Rhodes, the Anglo-Boer war, and her growing involvement in issues like racism and the lot of women, after which another exile followed in England for seven years; it was only shortly before her death in 1920 that she returned to South Africa.
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was finally published in 1911, Schreiner was severely ill, her asthma worsened by attacks of angina. Two years later, she sailed alone to England for treatment but was trapped there by the outbreak of World War I. During this time, her primary interest was in
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in England. Once there, she was never to realise her dream of becoming a medical practitioner, as her ill-health prevented her from completing any form of training or studying. She was forced to concede that writing would and could be her only work in life.
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Another factor was that she was somewhat unconventional in her relationships, for she was uncertain as to how to relate sexually to her male employers in many cases, and men in general. In his study of Schreiner's character, Karel Schoeman writes:
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in an attempt to open the English public's eyes to the reality of the situation. That was equally unsuccessful, but Schreiner was undaunted. Throughout the war, she continued to defend Boer interests and argue for peace, as did her brother
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The last few years of Schreiner's life were marked by ill-health and an increasing sense of isolation. Despite this, she still engaged in politics and was determined to make her mark on a new constitution, especially through works like
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was acclaimed for the manner in which it tackled the issues of its day, ranging from agnosticism to the treatment of women. It was also the cause of one of her most significant and long-lasting friendships, as the renowned sexologist
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When Schreiner was nine, her sister Helen ("Ellie") died, and this had a profound effect on the survivor's outlook. Ellie was the twelfth and last child. She died at seventeen months (1864-1865). Schreiner dedicated the 'Prelude' of
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However, her own relationships with men were anything but happy. She had refused a proposal from her doctor, Bryan Donkin, but he was irritatingly persistent in his suit of her. To make matters worse, despite her reservations about
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in her letters; new collections of letters as they become available; detailed information on all Schreiner's publications, including in journals and newspapers, as well as books; and downloadable publications from the
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In 1886, she left England for Continental Europe under something of a cloud, travelling between Switzerland, France, and Italy before returning to England. During this time, she was tremendously productive, working on
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Stanley, Liz; Salter, Andrea; Dampier, Helen (26 February 2013). "The Work of Making and the Work it Does: Cultural Sociology and 'Bringing- Into-Being' the Cultural Assemblage of the Olive Schreiner Letters".
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land itself. In an attempt to reconnect with her surroundings, she became increasingly involved in local politics and produced a series of articles on the land and people around her, published posthumously as
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attacks that would plague her for the rest of her life. Since her parents were no more financially secure than before and because of her ill-health, Olive was forced to resume working to support them.
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Stanley, L., Salter, A., & Dampier, H. (2013), 'The Work of Making and the Work it Does: Cultural Sociology and 'Bringing- Into-Being' the Cultural Assemblage of the Olive Schreiner Letters' in
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Stanley, Liz; Salter, Andrea; Dampier, Helen (December 2013). "Olive Schreiner, Epistolary Practices and Microhistories: A Cultural Entrepreneur in a Historical Landscape".
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at this time. As in the case of her later husband, Cronwright, she may have been attracted to Gau, as to other men, for his dominant personality, maturity, and physicality:
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In a number of letters, Schreiner discusses Ellie's death as a key turning point in her life. In a letter to John T. Lloyd of 1892, for instance, Schreiner commented:
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the next year. Both of these isolated her from her family and the people around her, and she experienced long spells of loneliness during this period of her life.
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in 1907, becoming its vice-president. However, she refused to lend her support to it any longer when other branches wished to exclude black women from the vote.
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Over the next few years, she accepted the position of governess at a number of farms, most notably the Fouchés, who provided inspiration for certain aspects of
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Victorians, Olive had already questioned the Christianity of her parents, and it was the cause of many arguments that she had with her family.
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Stanley, Liz (27 July 2016). "Shadows lying across her pages: epistolary aspects of reading 'the eventful I' in Olive Schreiner's letters".
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wrote to her about her novel. Their relationship soon developed beyond intellectual debate to a genuine source of support for Schreiner.
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Liz Stanley's article, 'Shadows lying across her pages: epistolary aspects of reading 'the eventful I' in Olive Schreiner's letters' in
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and her intentions just to remain his friend, she soon conceived an attraction for him. He did not reciprocate her feelings, preferring
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Gray, Stephen. 2013. Two Dissident Dream-Walkers: The Hardly Explored Reformist Alliance between Olive Schreiner and Edward Carpenter.
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And this person, who Schoeman identifies strongly with Schreiner in agreement with other researchers, is described by Ellis as ...
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and British. Schreiner tried to persuade South African officials to turn away from the path of war, and, when that failed, wrote
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Despite that, she still had a passion to heal society's ills and set out to do with her pen what she could not with pills. Her
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Liz Stanley, Andrea Salter & Helen Dampier (2013), 'Olive Schreiner, Epistolary Practices and Microhistories,
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Article by John Kucich: 'Olive Schreiner, Masochism, and Omnipotence: Strategies of a Preoedipal Politics' in
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Kucich, John (2002). "Olive Schreiner, Masochism, and Omnipotence: Strategies of a Preoedipal Politics".
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Helen Dampier's article, 'Re-Readings of Olive Schreiner's Letters to Karl Pearson: Against Closure',
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found solace in work, publishing a pamphlet with her husband on the political situation in 1896 and
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16 Portsea Place, London W2, one of the several lodging places of Olive Schreiner while in London
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With an Introduction by S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner New York And London: Harper & Bros, 1928
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he failed and was insolvent within a year. The family lived in abject poverty as a result.
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Difficult Women, Artful Lives: Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen, In and Out of Africa
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now, to accept the ordinary doctrine that she was living on somewhere without a body.
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Fictions of the Female Self: Charlotte Bronte, Olive Schreiner, Katherine Mansfield
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Consequently, when Theo and another brother left Cradock for the diamond fields of
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When her older brother, Theophilus (1844–1920), was appointed as headmaster in
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Paula M. Krebs' article, 'Olive Schreiner's Racialization of South Africa' in
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Closer Union: a Letter on South African Union and the Principles of Government
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herself and educate her children against the racism and sexism of the period.
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to Ellie, as well as to her own daughter, who died shortly after her birth.
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In Search of the New Woman: Middle-Class Women and Work in Britain 1870–1914
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Schreiner's thinking on women remembered in authentic South African context
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Krebs, Paula M. (1997). "Olive Schreiner's Racialization of South Africa".
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Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism: Evolution, Gender and Empire
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and publishing numerous allegories. She also worked on an introduction to
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She finally met Ellis in 1884 when she went with him to a meeting of the
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West, Olive chose to become a governess. On the way to her first post at
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couple at the Wesleyan Missionary Society station at Wittebergen in the
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Her opposition to the "strop bill" also brought her into contact with
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OSLP Working Papers on Letters, Letterness & Epistolary Networks
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Her involvement with Cape politics led her into an association with
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English Academy Review: Southern African Journal of English Studies
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New Woman Strategies: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner, and Mona Caird
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One of the places where Schreiner lived in South Africa: Cradock
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Stanley, Liz; Dampier, Helen; Salter, Andrea (November 2010).
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and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel
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Not Without Honour: The Life and Writings of Olive Schreiner
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Vol. 40, No. 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 427–444 (18 pages).
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Biography by Carolyn Burdett, University of North London
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The South African Question. By an English South African
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An English South African Woman's View of the Situation
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The South African Question by an English South African
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When Olive was six, her father Gottlob transferred to
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In the aftermath of the 1215: 445:, she was nearly arrested as a prostitute. 213:was the ninth of twelve children born to a 1923: 1909: 1883: 1197:"Olive Schreiner: J.T. Lloyd MSC 26/2.5.1" 31: 1489: 466: 385:an overseas trip, and she applied to the 380:Olive Schreiner in 1889 at Menton, France 2468:20th-century South African women writers 1134:Eastbourne Local History Society Journal 1056: 952:by Ruth Parkin-Gounelas (Springer 1991) 806: 690:, 1895 (with S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner) 375: 367: 202: 98:Novelist, suffragist, political activist 2433:South African people of English descent 1897:, with 79 library catalogue records 1737:, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 1589: 1110:"Dramatis Personae Frederick Schreiner" 389:in Scotland. 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Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. 867:, Vol. 24, Issue 3 (November 2012). 700:Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland 585:and other prominent activists like 518:Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland 13: 2473:20th-century South African writers 1932:New Woman of the late 19th century 1699: 1660:Perry, Mark James (31 July 2012). 1201:The Olive Schreiner Letters Online 1151:The Olive Schreiner Letters Online 1114:The Olive Schreiner Letters Online 14: 2514: 2493:20th-century pseudonymous writers 2488:19th-century pseudonymous writers 2448:South African socialist feminists 1817:Works by or about Olive Schreiner 1741: 784: 608: 552:, virtually a British army camp. 294:farm folk among whom she worked. 1833: 1747: 1730:, London: Watts & Co., 1955. 1482:10.1111/j.1467-954x.2010.01945.x 1432:10.1111/j.1468-0424.2012.01701.x 1338:10.2752/147800413X13727009732245 1278:"Olive Schreiner Letters Online" 835:(Oxford University Press, 2013) 309:Studies in the Psychology of Sex 139: 1869:Victorian Women Writers Project 1846:A Chronology of Olive Schreiner 1670: 1653: 1618: 1583: 1540: 1514: 1454: 1404: 1360: 1317: 1295: 1270: 1255: 1242: 1229: 772:From Man to Man or Perhaps Only 211:Olive Emily Albertina Schreiner 175:From Man to Man or Perhaps Only 171:From Man To Man Or Perhaps Only 44:Olive Emily Albertina Schreiner 1856:Olive Schreiner Letters Online 1723:, London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. 1303:"The Story of an African Farm" 1189: 1164: 1139: 1102: 1078: 1050: 1024: 999: 980:- an award named in her honour 766:Stories, Dreams and Allegories 562:Women's Enfranchisement League 364:England and Continental Europe 1: 2453:South African women novelists 2179:(Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright) 1313:– via Internet Archive. 992: 802: 567: 523:In 1898, the couple moved to 198: 2318:The Case of Rebellious Susan 1789:Timeline of Schreiner's life 1248:First, Ruth and Scott, Ann. 669:The Story of an African Farm 658:Resources in other libraries 634:Resources in other libraries 387:Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 350:The Story of an African Farm 181: 159:The Story of an African Farm 108:The Story of an African Farm 7: 2284:The Story of a Modern Woman 1832:(public domain audiobooks) 1709:, London: Hutchinson, 1948. 1592:Journal of European Studies 1326:Cultural and Social History 971: 923:Journal of European Studies 912:Novel: A Forum on Fiction ( 848:Cultural and Social History 10: 2519: 2443:Pseudonymous women writers 2141:Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2010:Jennie Augusta Brownscombe 1804:at heritage.thetimes.co.za 1604:10.1177/004724410203212512 963:Mark James Perry's thesis 581:– she was in contact with 419:Fellowship of the New Life 2463:Cape Colony women writers 2220: 2202: 2133: 1985:Sophie Gengembre Anderson 1962: 1939: 1549:Novel: A Forum on Fiction 1239:Volume 30, Issue 2, 2013. 653:Resources in your library 629:Resources in your library 323:During this time she met 138: 133: 118: 102: 94: 74: 49: 39: 30: 23: 2356:Mrs. Warren's Profession 2055:Wilhelmina Weber Furlong 1826:Works by Olive Schreiner 1808:Works by Olive Schreiner 1800:18 November 2010 at the 1382:10.1177/1749975512473463 820:Story of an African Farm 760:Thoughts on South Africa 754:The Dawn of Civilisation 682:Dream Life and Real Life 672:, 1883 (as "Ralph Iron") 595:The Dawn of Civilisation 542:William Philip Schreiner 493:Trooper Peter Halket of 474:Thoughts on South Africa 411:Progressive Organisation 399:Story of an African Farm 358:Dream Life and Real Life 129:Helen Schreiner (sister) 2423:South African pacifists 2418:South African feminists 2413:South African agnostics 2060:Elizabeth Shippen Green 2050:Susan Stuart Frackelton 1470:The Sociological Review 879:The Sociological Review 748:Who Knocks at the Door? 718:So Here Then are Dreams 591:Elizabeth Maria Molteno 482:Elizabeth Maria Molteno 336:always desired it ...". 2236:The Portrait of a Lady 2035:Alice Brown Chittenden 2015:Julia Margaret Cameron 1851:Olive Schreiner quotes 1705:Buchanan-Gould, Vera. 1527:www.ingentaconnect.com 1282:www.oliveschreiner.org 1226:Schoeman 1989, p. 236. 815: 467:Return to South Africa 381: 373: 338: 321: 313: 260: 207: 196: 2478:Cape Colony novelists 2344:The Romance of a Shop 2095:Elizabeth Okie Paxton 1944:19th-century feminism 1781:22 April 2021 at the 1261:Sutherland, Gillian. 978:Olive Schreiner Prize 813: 379: 371: 333: 317: 300: 255: 206: 191: 62:Wittebergen Reserve, 2239:(serialized 1880–81) 2212:Alice Freeman Palmer 2110:Jessie Willcox Smith 1879:UK National Archives 1768:28 July 2013 at the 1598:(125–126): 251–266. 1420:Gender & History 814:"In a far off world" 780:, 1929. 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Chapman 1934:(born before 1880) 1861:Schreiner, Olive. 1752:Works by or about 1370:Cultural Sociology 1011:www.britannica.com 865:Gender and History 855:Cultural Sociology 831:Carolyn Burdett's 826:Recent scholarship 816: 642:By Olive Schreiner 382: 374: 208: 2390: 2389: 2335:(serialized 1878) 2243:Elizabeth Barrett 2229:Isabel Archer in 2156:Annie Sophie Cory 1812:Project Gutenberg 1733:Horton, Susan R. 1682:www.gutenberg.org 1627:Victorian Studies 1203:. 29 October 1892 1172:"From Man to Man" 1038:on 15 August 2020 944:Victorian Studies 890:English in Africa 811: 615:Library resources 503:Samuel Cronwright 489:Cecil John Rhodes 147: 146: 125:William Schreiner 2510: 2290:Gustave Flaubert 2221:Literature about 2180: 2115:Annie Swynnerton 2080:Elizabeth Nourse 2075:Anna Lea Merritt 2040:Elizabeth Coffin 1980:Nina E. 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Index


Cape Colony
Lesotho
Wynberg
South Africa
The Story of an African Farm
William Schreiner

anti-war campaigner
The Story of an African Farm
Karel Schoeman

missionary
Eastern Cape
Herschel
Healdtown
Eastern Cape
Cradock
Griqualand
Barkly East
Willie Bertram
Herbert Spencer
Ellis
Julius Gau
asthma
allegories


Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Southampton

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