Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) 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.

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, 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.

Schreiner is also known for her later novel, ''From Man To Man Or Perhaps Only'' (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. ''From Man to Man or Perhaps Only'' 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 herself and educate her children against the racism and sexism of the period. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1924
    Boston : Little-Brown, and Company, 1924.
    xiii, 410 p., [6] leaves of plates : ports., facs. ; 23 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1896
    London : Hutchinson & co., [1896?]
    xv, 346 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1891
    London : Chapman and Hall, 1891.
    xv, 296 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1897
    London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.
    264 p. front. 19 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1929
    London : Ernest Benn , 1929.
    254, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    London, England : Stop-the-War Committee, [between 1899 and 1902]
    1 online resource ([1] p.)
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1927
    [New York] : Grosset & Dunlap, c1927.
    xxviii, 463 p. ; 21 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    London, England : Stop-the-War Committee, [between 1899 and 1902]
    [1] p.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    London, Hodder & Stoughton [1899]
    1 online resource (96 p.)
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1928
    New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1928.
    xv, 374 p. front. (port.) pl. 20 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1900
    [New York] : The Cosmopolitan, 1900.
    2 v. : ill.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    Manchester, England : Wm. Hough Sons, [between 1899 and 1902]
    [2] p.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1915
    Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1915.
    xix, 163 p. incl. front. (port.) 19 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1940
    [Amritsar : Gurabaḵẖasha Siṅgha, 1940]
    ix, 136 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    Cape Town, South Africa : South African Newspaper Co., [between 1899 and 1902]
    24 p.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1923
    New York : F.A. Stokes, 1923.
    398 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    Manchester, England : Wm. Hough Sons, [between 1899 and 1902]
    1 online resource ([2] p.)
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1899
    London, Hodder & Stoughton [1899]
    96 p. 20 cm.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1923
    New York, F.A. Stokes, 1923.
    1 online resource (398 p.) port.
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    by Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920
    Published 1897
    London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.
    264 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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