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Can I read Olive Schreiner : a biography on EtoBox?
Olive Schreiner : a biography by First, Ruth. is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Olive Schreiner : a biography about?
Originally published in 1980 and long out of print, this fine work illuminates Schreiner's life and major writings through a portrayal of her "conscious struggles for self-definition" as a novelist, feminist and political activist. Born in 1855 to English missionaries working in Africa, hers was a lonely, self-educated childhood. She worked as a governess during the late 1870s, and when she sailed to England for medical training in 1881, had with her the manuscripts of three novels, including Th
Who reads Olive Schreiner : a biography?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- First, Ruth.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press, 1990.
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813516226
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Criticism, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25