Dreams
Olive Schreiner
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Description
Olive Schreiner printed her Dreams in the order written, dating the preface from Matjesfontein, Cape Colony, in November 1890, and dedicating the book to a small girl-child of the future. The contents list eleven short allegories: The Lost Joy, The Hunter, drawn from her African Farm, The Gardens of Pleasure, Three Dreams in a Desert, and A Dream of Wild Bees.
Each dream stages a seeker: Life sitting by the seashore, a hunter after truth, souls in a ruined chapel where monks once brought their sick in plague times. Schreiner's prose poems argue for women's freedom, honest labor, and a faith beyond churches. The book made her reputation in England as a prophetess of the new century.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Olive Schreiner |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 101 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |