Buy this book on-line Schreiner, Olive : Three Dreams in a Desert. Under a Mimosa-Tree(Boston: Sarah E. Holmes, 1897)
180 x 117 mm; original printed, stitched wrappers; yapp edges; pp. 14. Wrappers a little soiled; earlier owner's hand-stamp to inside of upper cover. Very good. Not in SABIB in this form. Uncommon. "She was a distinguished writer of allegories, or what she called 'dreams'. Dreams was published during her lifetime (London, 1891) and Stories, Dreams and Allegories posthumously (1923). In spite of their outward simplicity these literary tableaus - in which symbols of temptation and virtue play major roles - have considerable subtlety and force." - DSAB I, p. 699. 'Three Dreams in a Desert' first appeared in the maverick 'Quarterly Review', being republished separately by Sarah Elizabeth Holmes in 1887, before its inclusion in 'Dreams' (1891). Holmes, a pioneer of American feminism, reissued the work in this version of 1897. In 'Sarah Elizabeth Holmes: The Study of a Silenced Woman', Wendy McElroy acknowledges the significance of this publication: "Before appearing within 'Liberty' in her own voice, Holmes made significant contributions to the literature of liberty through her translations and her publication of the works of others. In 1887, for example, Holmes published Olive Schreiner's feminist prose-poem 'Three Dreams in a Desert' ... " Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Schreiner, Olive : Three Dreams in a Desert. Under a Mimosa-Tree. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, rare books, antiquarian books, livres d'occasion and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |