H. Rider Haggard

When the World Shook (eBook, ePUB)

"Truly time should be measured by events, and not by the lapse of hours."

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Produktbeschreibung

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was born on June 22nd, 1856 at Bradenham in Norfolk, England. After his education he was pushed towards an Army career but failed the entrance exam. Next Haggard was positioned to work for the British Foreign Office but he seems not to have sat that exam. Using family connections, he was sent to Southern Africa by his father in search of a further opportunity of a career. Haggard spent six years there before a return to England and marriage. He had begun to write and publish some non-fiction in Africa but it was only after studying Law in the hope it might prove to be the proper career his father wanted for him that Haggard began to write fiction, using his African experiences as the basis. His first fiction was published in 1885 and the following year King Solomon's Mines was published. It was a phenomenal success. His career was set. Haggard wrote well and wrote often. He managed to sympathise with the local populations even though they were exploited and manipulated by Europeans intent on amassing fortunes in money, people and resources. His writing career covered the great sprint to Empire of several European powers and both reflects and criticizes these events through his well-loved characters including Allan Quatermain and Ayesha. In his later years Haggard pursued much in the way social reform as well as standing for Parliament and writing a great many letters to The Times. Henry Rider Haggard died on May 14th, 1925 at the age of 68. His ashes were buried at Ditchingham Church.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copyright Group
• Seitenzahl: 219
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787803213
• Artikelnr.: 54825564

Autorenporträt

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I. Arbuthnot Describes Himself
Chapter II. Bastin and Bickley
Chapter III. Natalie
Chapter IV. Death and Departure
Chapter V. The Cyclone
Chapter VI. Land
Chapter VII. The Orofenans
Chapter VIII. Bastin Attempts the Martyr's Crown
Chapter IX. The Island in the Lake
Chapter X. The Dwellers in the Tomb
Chapter XI. Resurrection
Chapter XII. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!
Chapter XIII. Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues
Chapter XIV. The Under-world
Chapter XV. Oro in His House
Chapter XVI. Visions of the Past
Chapter XVII. Yva Explains
Chapter XVIII. The Accident
Chapter XIX. The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley
Chapter XX. Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night
Chapter XXI. Love's Eternal Altar
Chapter XXII. The Command
Chapter XXIII. In the Temple of Fate
Chapter XXIV. The Chariot of the Pit
Chapter XXV. Sacrifice
Chapter XXVI. Tommy
Chapter XXVII. Bastin Discovers a Resemblance
NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.