Project Gutenberg 2007-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 62 Gibbon, Perceval 1879 1926 Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories Unto the third generation -- The dream-face -- The avenger of blood -- The hands of the pitiful woman -- Piet Naude's trek -- Like unto like -- Counting the colors -- The king of the baboons -- Morder Drift -- A good end -- Vasco's sweetheart -- The Peruvian -- Tagalash -- The home kraal -- The sacrifice -- The coward -- Her own story. Produced by Charles Klingman "Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories" by Perceval Gibbon is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The collection features the character of Vrouw Grobelaar, a formidable matriarch of a Boer family, who narrates tales filled with moral lessons, folklore, and cultural reflections from her life on the South African frontier. Through her stories, Gibbon explores themes of morality, human and racial dynamics, love, and conflict within colonial contexts. The opening of the book introduces Vrouw Grobelaar as a commanding figure respected for her lineage and wealth. She is portrayed as a fixed point in her bustling household, surrounded by grandchildren and Kafirs, whom she governs with an iron hand, albeit with underlying affection. The narrative sets the stage for her storytelling, where she shares fables that invoke the cultural heritage of the Boers, such as tales involving familial and moral conflicts that reflect the harsh realities of life on the frontier. Among her relatives, young Katje stands out, expressing youthful desires and challenges to Vrouw Grobelaar. The old lady’s stories reveal the complexities of human nature, often punctuated by the local magic and beliefs that shape their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Manners and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 342714 342660 2024-09-09T05:01:02.116810 2023-09-09T07:47:35.149865 text/html text/html 342707 342653 2024-09-09T05:01:02.318830 2023-09-09T07:47:35.326843 text/html text/html 195829 2024-09-09T05:01:08.162761 application/epub+zip 200293 2024-09-09T05:01:03.849836 application/epub+zip 200293 2024-09-09T05:01:02.931796 application/epub+zip 460590 2024-09-09T05:01:11.340761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442358 2024-09-09T05:01:07.530793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386971 2022-09-09T14:11:17.504852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308521 308510 2024-09-09T05:01:01.803790 2023-09-09T07:47:34.863863 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 308340 2007-01-14T03:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118433 2007-01-14T03:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18280 2024-09-09T05:01:11.477746 application/rdf+xml 25862 2024-09-09T05:01:03.275817 image/jpeg 4855 2024-09-09T05:01:03.103785 image/jpeg 197816 2024-09-09T05:01:02.349805 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia