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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…

41 - Ch. 33: The Yearning of a Breaking Heart

In East Lynne

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Mrs. Henry Wood


Ellen Wood (1814-1887) was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Ly…

32 - The White Flag, part 1

In The Book of Ghosts

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Sabine Baring-Gould


Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. During his life, he publis…

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…

22 - Chapter XVII: The Hold of a Highland Robber

In Waverley, Volume 1

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Sir Walter Scott


Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…

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…

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…