Olive Schreiner, 1855-1920
Biographical note
South African author, pacifist and political activist. She is best known for her novel The Story of an African Farm, which has been acclaimed for the manner it tackled the issues of its day, ranging from agnosticism to the treatment of women.
Works
- The Story of an African Farm [1883]
- Dreams [1890]
- Dream Life and Real Life [1893]
- The Political Situation in Cape Colony [1895] (with S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner)
- Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland [1897]
- An English South African Woman's View of the Situation [1899]
- A Letter on the Jew [1906]
- Closer Union: a Letter on South African Union and the Principles of Government [1909]
- Woman and Labour [1911]
- Thoughts on South Africa [1923]
- Stories, Dreams and Allegories [1923]
- The Letters of Olivia Schreiner [1924] (ed. by S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner)
- From Man to Man [1926]
- Undine [1929]
