She (Penguin Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140437630 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He turned these experiences into fiction on his return to England and achieved popular and critical acclaim with KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1885), ALLAN QUATERMAIN (1887) and SHE (1887). Rider Haggard (1856-1925) worked in South Africa during the time of Britian's war with the Zulus and the First Boer War. . He has published work on British literature and imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. H. Patrick Brantlinger is Professor of English at Indiana Univ
Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. First published in 1887, She has enthralled the imaginations of many-from Freud, who prescribed the book to one of his patients, to the generations of readers, who remain fascinated by the book's revealing and fantastic representations of dangerous women, adventuring men, and unexplored Africa.Availa
"A great read for those with imagination" according to Kindle Customer. My husband recommended this book to hopefully change my opinion of Haggard. Opinion changed! I blame it on retirement. When younger, I didn't have the time to Immerse myself in writers of the Victorian persuasion. Now that I have the time, I can truly enjoy more of Haggard, such as "King Solomon's Tomb." I would recommend this book to those with plenty of leisure time.. Good story, terrible Kindle formating The story is about a young man, Leo, who supposedly can trace his ancestry to the Egyptian gods, and the older man who adopted him when Leo's own father died. Leo wants to find out his origins, so they leave England and travel to Africa, where they meet Ayesha, She, who supposedly is thousands of years old, and is of unequalled beauty. She thinks Leo is the incarnation of her ancient lover and so Ayesha holds both men under her spell, and tries to take them. "Quite a story!" according to Roger J. Buffington. This is quite an adventure story, well worth reading. I first read this one when I was in the sixth grade, and after re-reading it at age 5Quite a story! This is quite an adventure story, well worth reading. I first read this one when I was in the sixth grade, and after re-reading it at age 53 I still liked it. That is not always true when one visits the books one liked as a lad.This is the story of three Englishmen who, following the dictates of the family legend of one of them, set out to Central Africa to find the lost land of Imperial Kor. What they find is an isolated tribe ruled by an immortal, superna. I still liked it. That is not always true when one visits the books one liked as a lad.This is the story of three Englishmen who, following the dictates of the family legend of one of them, set out to Central Africa to find the lost land of Imperial Kor. What they find is an isolated tribe ruled by an immortal, superna
Tim Stout writes, in Horror: 100 Best Books, "As the plot takes hold one has the fancy that Ayesha had always existed, in some dark dimension of the imagination, and that H. Ayesha is She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, a 2,000-year-old queen who rules a fabled lost city deep in a maze of African caverns. She has the occult wisdom of Isis, the eternal youth and beauty of Aphrodite, and the violent appetite of a lamia. This edition of the 1887 classic features an introductory essay by literary critic Regina Barreca, who likens Ayesha to Flaubert's Madame Bovary or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina--"literally fantastic female figures who must be stopped bef