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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…

21 - Florence expects a Guest

In Romola

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George Eliot

George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is fall…

00 - Dedication and Preface

In Jock of the Bushveld

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Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick

Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…

Apology for yet another book

In Native Races and the War

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Josephine Butler

Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…

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…

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…