WORKSHEETS
COMMENTARIES
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Victorian morality
The Ancestors and Fate
Colonialism
Racism
Capitalism
Purpose of the Prologue
Victor's growing lust
The sexual act with Victor:
Was Frances responsible in any way?
Love letters & letter books
The Christian attitude to suicide
Who was Frances expecting
at the railway station?
Triumph of the Shades
Drought and the rinderpest
Pressures to enlist in the Imperial army
Black politics & newspapers
The Anglican missionaries
The historical St Matthias Mission
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