The Political Situation

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
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Author: Olive Schreiner ISBN: 9781473397187
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Publication: December 10, 2014
Imprint: White Press Language: English
Author: Olive Schreiner
ISBN: 9781473397187
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Publication: December 10, 2014
Imprint: White Press
Language: English

This early work by Olive Schreiner was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Political Situation in Cape Colony' is a work of political commentary on the governance of South Africa. Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner was born on 24th March 1855 at the Wesleyan Missionary Society station at Wittebergen in the Eastern Cape, near Herschel in South Africa. In 1880, Olive set sail for the United Kingdom with the goal of taking a position as a trainee nurse at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh in Scotland. Unfortunately ill-health prevented her from studying and she was forced to concede that writing would and could be her only work in life. In 1883, she produced her first published work The Story of an African Farm which she penned under the pseudonym Ralph Iron. This novel details the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults, and caused significant controversy over its frank portrayal of freethought, feminism, premarital sex, and transvestitism. She became increasingly involved with the politics of the South Africa, leading her to make influential acquaintances such as Cecil John Rhodes, with whom she eventually became disillusioned and wrote a scathing allegory in his honour.

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This early work by Olive Schreiner was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Political Situation in Cape Colony' is a work of political commentary on the governance of South Africa. Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner was born on 24th March 1855 at the Wesleyan Missionary Society station at Wittebergen in the Eastern Cape, near Herschel in South Africa. In 1880, Olive set sail for the United Kingdom with the goal of taking a position as a trainee nurse at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh in Scotland. Unfortunately ill-health prevented her from studying and she was forced to concede that writing would and could be her only work in life. In 1883, she produced her first published work The Story of an African Farm which she penned under the pseudonym Ralph Iron. This novel details the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults, and caused significant controversy over its frank portrayal of freethought, feminism, premarital sex, and transvestitism. She became increasingly involved with the politics of the South Africa, leading her to make influential acquaintances such as Cecil John Rhodes, with whom she eventually became disillusioned and wrote a scathing allegory in his honour.

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