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Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born housewife; Lyndall, clever, restless, beautiful . . . and doomed. Their childhood is disrupted by a bombastic Irishman, Bonaparte Blenkins, who gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross, stupid stepmother . . . This novel is one of the most astonishing, least-expected fiction masterpieces of its time and one that has had an enduring influence.
In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.
| ISBN: | 9780140431841 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Pub date: | 26 Aug 1982 |
| DEWEY: | 823 |
| DEWEY edition: | 18 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 300 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Height: | 197mm |
| Width: | 131mm |
| Spine width: | 18mm |
