品牌：Olive Schreiner
基本信息
·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：304 页码
·出版日：1983年
·ISBN：0140431845
·条码：9780140431841
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
·丛书名：Penguin Classics
内容简介
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Lyndall, Schreiner's articulate young feminist, marks the entry of the controversial New Woman into nineteenth-century fiction. Raised as an orphan amid a makeshift family, she witnesses an intolerable world of colonial exploitation. Desiring a formal education, she leaves the isolated farm for boarding school in her early teens, only to return four years later from an unhappy relationship. Unable to meet the demands of her mysterious lover, Lyndall retires to a house in
Bloemfontein, where, delirious with exhaustion, she is unknowingly tended by an English farmer disguised as her female nurse. This is the devoted Gregory Rose, Schreiner's daring embodiment of the sensitive New Man.
A cause célèbre when it appeared in London, The Story of an African Farm transformed the shape and course of the late-Victorian novel. From the haunting plains of South Africa's high Karoo, Schreiner boldly addresses her society's greatest fears - the loss of faith, the dissolution of marriage, and women's social and political independence.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
作者简介
Patricia O'Neill is a Professor of English at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
编辑推荐
From500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister
Renowned as a pioneering effort of South African literature,The Story of An African Farmwas a work strongly influenced by nineteenth-century British traditions, filled with extended philosophical discussions, characters reminiscient of Charles Dickens, and an almost complete silence on the issue of race relations. But for all its Victorian attributes, the novel is a landmark in many ways. First is the setting in the rural South African landscape which Olive Schreiner evokes in all its bleakness and beauty, a fitting backdrop for the spiritual and philosophical development of Lyndall and Waldo, two soulmates who unceasingly search for truth throughout their lives. Their quest is frustrated - in Lyndall's case by gender restrictions and for Waldo by social position. The novel is also significant for Lyndall's character. Her forthright feminism, her refusal to alter her principles and her determination not to marry her lover despite her pregnancy make her a noteworthy female character in nineteenth century literature. In the end, the book has an uneven quality, but it is important both for its place in literary history and for the moments when it soars in its descriptions and philosophical revelations.-- For great reviews of books for girls, check outLet's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Paula M. Krebs, Wheaton College
This edition is an important achievement.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
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