Dreams
About this book
Dreams is a collection of allegorical prose visions by Olive Schreiner, exploring themes of love, freedom, morality, and the condition of women through symbolic dream-narratives. It suits readers interested in late-Victorian allegory, feminist writing, and Schreiner's wider work.
Olive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel The Story of an African Farm (1883), which has been highly acclaimed. It deals boldly with such contemporary issues as agnosticism, existential independence, individualism, the professional aspirations of women, and the elemental nature of life on the colonial frontier.
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