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Violence
Some
Murder; racial violence under colonialism
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Psychological deterioration; colonialism and its cruelties; racial power dynamics
What this book is about
Lessing's 1950 debut novel follows Mary Turner, a white Rhodesian farmer's wife, and her relationship with Moses, her Black servant. Features racial violence and murder, the psychological deterioration of the protagonist, and the brutal hierarchy of colonial Africa. For mature readers.
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Murder and racial violence
Psychological deterioration of protagonist
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