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The Story of an African Farm

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Olive Schreiner

The novel details the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults - Waldo, Em and Lyndall - who live on a farm in the Ka…

South African Memories

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Lady Sarah Wilson

Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …

The Outspan: Tales of South Africa

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Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick

Six poignant short stories reminiscent of life as a transport rider in the Transvaal veld in the days of the gold rush in South Africa at th…

012 - Book II, Chapters 8 and 9

In Camilla

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Frances Burney

Camilla is Frances Burney's third novel. It became very popular upon its publication in 1796. Jane Austen referred to it, among other novels…

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In Lady Rose's Daughter

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Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mary Augusta Ward

"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…

33 - Letters in Conclusion - Letter 3

In Basil

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Wilkie Collins

Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…

MANY STUDENTS OF THE PIANO AND FEW PLAYERS

In Piano and Song

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Friedrich Wieck

This book talks about teaching, learning and performing on the piano in a delightful style, alternating between conversation and instruction…

13 – Chapter XIII - A DAY ON THE N'DUNGU ESCARPMENT

In The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

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J.H. Patterson and John Henry Patterson

In 1898, during the construction of river-crossing bridge for the Uganda Railway at the Tsavo River, as many as 135 railway workers were att…