Farm Life in Africa
COUTH AFRICA, that land of romance, has net been tapped very often by novelists in search of romance, but Mr. David R.ime. in his novel, "Wine of Good Hope," tries to make amends— and with success.
He deals with the farmstead cf Languedoc, with its vineyards and* the Len.aires the owners, and, just as in France and Italy, the peasant woman manage affairs, it is the women folk of Languedoc who prevent the estate from going to rack and ruin.
Jacques, the owner, leaves the farm, then in turn his son Tony succumbs to the wanderlust, just when it appears likely he will make goed. Mr. Rame describes his adventures, but other people in books have journeyed like Tony, but few have had such a lovely farmstead and it is the author’s interpretation of farm life in South Africa which is his great achitvement. "Wine of Good Hcpc" will be enjoyed for this reason and for others.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20032, 2 September 1939, Page 11
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161Farm Life in Africa Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20032, 2 September 1939, Page 11
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