| She: A History of Adventure Contributor(s): Haggard, H. Rider (Author), Atwood, Margaret (Introduction by), Kerr, Charles H. M. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0375759050 ISBN-13: 9780375759055 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard's "She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious wildlife and yawning abysses; and an eerie love story that spans two thousand years. "She has bewitched readers from Freud and Jung to C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; in her Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classic--which includes period illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr--Margaret Atwood asserts that the awe-inspiring Ayesha, "She-who-must-be-obeyed," is "a permanent feature of the human imagination." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001044583 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.06" W x 8.12" (0.59 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard's She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious wildlife and yawning abysses; and an eerie love story that spans two thousand years. She has bewitched readers from Freud and Jung to C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; in her Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classic--which includes period illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr--Margaret Atwood asserts that the awe-inspiring Ayesha, "She-who-must-be-obeyed," is "a permanent feature of the human imagination." |