LM Montgomery on “The Story of an African Farm” by Olive Schreiner

“It is one of my favorites. It is speculative, analytical, rather pessimistic, iconoclastic, daring, and very unconventional. But it is powerful and original and fearless and contains some exquisite ideas. It is like a tonic, bitter but bracing. Also, many people call it a dangerous book … There is more of truth than pleasantness in many of its incisive utterances.”

Because of LM Montgomery, I ordered this book through Amazon – and was completely swept away by it. It’s kind of shocking, actually – what this author wrote about, in the context of her time and place. Very daring book.

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