Project Gutenberg 2007-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 196 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.) Reading ease score: 88.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Manners and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 342894 2025-06-08T14:20:29.105111 text/html 342715 2025-01-08T13:58:28.514843 text/html 225628 2025-06-08T14:20:37.547101 application/epub+zip 229856 2025-06-08T14:20:32.940095 application/epub+zip 198495 2025-06-08T14:20:31.592128 application/epub+zip 508972 2025-06-08T14:20:40.823045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490674 2025-06-08T14:20:36.665040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386971 2022-09-09T14:11:17.504852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308521 2025-06-08T14:20:28.727154 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 308340 2007-01-14T03:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118433 2007-01-14T03:36:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18084 2025-06-08T14:20:40.958024 application/rdf+xml 26037 2025-06-08T14:20:32.137099 image/jpeg 4885 2025-06-08T14:20:31.864126 image/jpeg 226452 2025-06-08T14:20:29.139117 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia