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She: A History of Adventure (Modern Library Classics) by H. Rider Haggard; Margaret Atwood; Charles H.M. Kerr; Maurice Greiffenhagen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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She — subtitled A History of Adventure — is a novel by H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925), first serialised in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 100 million copies sold in 44 different languages as of 2013. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print. According to literary historian Andrew M. Stauffer, "She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this regard".The story is a first-person narrative that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. There they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful "She", or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". In this work, Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the Lost World subgenre, which many later authors emulated.She is placed firmly in the imperialist literature of nineteenth-century England, and inspired by Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism. The story expres

Who reads She: A History of Adventure (Modern Library Classics)?

Author

H. Rider Haggard; Margaret Atwood; Charles H.M. Kerr; Maurice Greiffenhagen

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307808028

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.9 / 5 (136 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14