The Little Karoo

Resources:

• Voss, Tony. "Die Pêrels van Pauline or, The History of Smith." English in Africa, 11:1 (1984 May), pp. 107-117.

• Driver, Dorothy. "Pauline Smith: 'A Gentler Music of Her Own'." Research in African Literatures, 15:1 (1984 Spring), pp. 45-71.

• Haresnape, Geoffrey. "Barriers of Race and Language: Pauline Smith's Critique of a Rural Society."  English in Africa, 4:1 (1977): 40-46.

• Luis R Mitras at the University of Maryland University College has a small helpful site on Smith

Pauline Smith 

photo used for educational purposes from http://southafrica.narod.ru/engels/literature.htm, original source unknown.

• The stories first appeared in book form in 1925.

The Stories

• "The Pain"
• "The Schoolmaster"
• "The Miller"
• "The Sinner"
• "Anna's Marriage"
• "The Pastor's Daughter"
• "Ludovitje"
• "The Sisters"
• "Desolation"
• "The Father"