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She: A History of Adventure By H. Rider Haggard. A popular exotic adventure fiction which has been placed high in the list of top selling novels and books ever. She is a part of Ayesha series by Henry Rider Haggard.
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"A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning." --Sigmund Freud
A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning. Sigmund Freud"
A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning. Sigmund Freud"
"A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning." --Sigmund Freud
About the Author
H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) worked in South Africa during the time of Britian's war with the Zulus and the First Boer War. 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).
Patrick Brantlinger is Professor of English at Indiana University, Illinois. He has published work on British literature and imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Seller: Basically SF Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hookway Cowles (illustrator). Vintage tale of adventure and romance in Africa. A novel about Ayesha. Good hardcover in good jacket; Jacket has wear at spine, some closed tears; checkmarks by some titles on rear DJ panel; now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards with gold print on the spine, pages are clean and unmarked, but with some spots on the top edge. Macdonald hard cover with dust jacket, 1948 edition but later 1969 printing, ISBN: 9780356012612, 320 pages, illustrated by Hookway Cowles. 12mo (5" x 7.5") First published 1886. Part of a uniform edition. Filmed. She is one of the foundational works of fantasy literature. Along with Haggard's prior novel, King Solomon's Mines, She laid the blueprints for the "lost world" subgenre in fantasy literature, as well as the convention of the "lost race". Seller Inventory # 102025039780356012612vr