"The Red Octopus": An Allegory in the Form of a Novel
| Title | "The Red Octopus": An Allegory in the Form of a Novel |
| Year for Search | 1927 |
| Authors | Brandt, Johanna(1876-1964) |
| Date Published | [1927] |
| Publisher | Hermes Press |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Female author, German author, South African author |
| Annotation | An anti-Semitic novel showing Jews taking over the world, but they are defeated by Christians. This novel was by The Paraclete or Coming World Mother. Pretoria, South Africa, 1936 that was said to be a eutopia, but no evidence copies exist outside South Africa. See also 1918 Brandt. |
| Info Notes | Was to have been followed by a novel entitled The Paraclete that was intended to be a eutopia, but there is no evidence it was ever published. See also 1918 Brandt. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Author Note | The South African female author (1876-1964) was born in Germany and migrated to South Africa in the 1890s where she served as a spy for South Africa during the Boer War. She published books about the British concentration camps and about her exploits as a spy. Later she published The Grape Cure (1927) for cancer, which is still in print. |
| Full Text | [1927] Brandt, Johanna (1876-1964). “The Red Octopus”: An Allegory in the Form of a Novel. London: The Hermes Press. CtY, L An anti-Semitic novel showing Jews taking over the world, but they are defeated by Christians. This novel was by The Paraclete or Coming World Mother. Pretoria, South Africa, 1936 that was said to be a eutopia, but no evidence copies exist outside South Africa. See also 1918 Brandt. The South African female author was born in Germany and migrated to South Africa in the 1890s where she served as a spy for South Africa during the Boer War. She published books about the British concentration camps and about her exploits as a spy. Later she published The Grape Cure (1927) for cancer, which is still in print. |
