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H. Rider Haggard - Free Online Library Haggard was an expert on agricultural and social conditions in England and on colonial migration. Haggard was not sent to a good public school like his brothers, but was instead educated at a London day-school, although privately, and Ipswich Grammar School. Haggard was admitted to the Bar in 1884, but showed little interest in practicing his profession - he had other plans. haggard.thefreelibrary.com

H. Rider Haggard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Henry Rider Haggard ( June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925), born in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. Though Haggard is no longer as popular as he was when his books appeared, some of his characters have had a notable impact on early-twentieth-century thought. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H._Rider_Haggard

Dani Zweig's Belated Reviews #26: H. Rider Haggard Like their books, those of Henry Rider Haggard can be enjoyed as long as the reader doesn't insist on thinking less of the author for not being born a century later. Haggard's books display the paradoxical attractions of the best genre classics: They retain much of their power, wonder, and freshness, but they also have to be appreciated as period pieces which could not have been published had they been written today. Haggard dashed it off in 1885 on a bet (that he could write something half as good as "Treasure Island") and it made an astonishing splash. www-users.cs.york.ac.uk /~susan/sf/dani/026.htm

She by Sir Henry Rider Haggard Haggard had four children: Arthur John Rider (who was born in South Africa and who died young), Angela, Dorothy and Lilias Rider, who published a biography of her father in 1951. He was one of ten children (the sixth of seven sons) of William Meybohm Rider Haggard, lawyer and squire, and his wife, Ella Doveton. Contact Us She by Sir Henry Rider Haggard www.up.ac.za /asservices/ais/gw/she.htm

Violet Books: Wollheim on Haggard That Henry Rider Haggard should have been the one to write this classic would only have been natural, for he was among those young Englishmen who went to Africa during the height of those days of conquest & colonization. Rider Haggard went on to write many more novels of the ancient past & of explorers who dared to traverse the unknown areas of Africa. So that when Haggard, back in London, sitting around his law office with little to occupy his time, was in quest of a novel to write, it is not perhaps strange that these legends worked their spell on him. www.violetbooks.com /don-wollheim.html

H. RIDER HAGGARD Be sure to give Rider Haggard a chance next time you see one of his books and are in the mood for a bang-up story. Haggard truly appreciated the African warrior society and culture, and sympathized with their tragic failure to cope with modern civilization. Haggard really was a true talent, and still bears up after all these years. www.geocities.com /~betapisces/oldtimes/haggard.htm

H. Rider Haggard Homepage and Biography on Bibliomania.com Sir Henry Rider Haggard was born in 1856, the sixth son of a Norfolk squire, and he spend six years while still a young man in South Africa. Haggard went on to write many more tales and their popularity was strong enough that with the advent of film many of them went on to be reenacted on screen. Haggard found great fortune with this book but almost lost out considerably having initially accepted a mere £100 for the copyright of the book then at the last moment demanding a 10% royalty rate instead. www.bibliomania.com /0/0/40

H. Rider Haggard Haggard returned to Africa in his writing dozens of times, publishing several novels, volumes of history, and even agricultural reports about the continent he made vivid in the English imagination through the adventures of Allan Quatermain. In 1919 Haggard was created a Knight Commander of the British Empire, in recognition of the public administrative work he continued to do even as a famous and well-rewarded author. Born into the large family of a country gentleman, Haggard was a colonial administrator in South Africa during the Zulu War of 1879 and the first Boer War of 1880. www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/railway/age/haggard_bio.html

She Summary & Study Guide by H. Rider Haggard Henry Rider Haggard, the sixth son of William and Ella Haggard, was bom at Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, England on June 20, 1856. Young Haggard was not considered a promising student, and after attending a small country school he went to grammar school in Ipswich for three years, where his academic performance was relatively undistinguished. Haggard loved adventure tales of all types, and his childhood reading anticipated the exciting fiction which he himself would write years later. www.bookrags.com /short/she_haggard

Violet Books: H. Rider Haggard The basis of the past popularity of Lost Race novels was H. Rider Haggard, whose excellence hundreds of lesser talents recognized as worthy of imitation. Haggard gave the ancient Lost Race theme its modern, popular form, & he even appreciated the Jewish underpinning, tying Solomon to his mythic vision. When Haggard wrote his stories, many clung to the pre-Darwinian, Deist belief that every part of creation required every other part to continue ticking, therefore nothing ever becomes extinct (if it did, creation would cease to function, like a watch missing a gear). www.violetbooks.com /lostrace.html

R. D. Mullen- The Books of H. Rider Haggard: A Chronological Survery Like other writers of his time, Haggard makes the supposed culture and traditions of European Jewry a symbol of bourgeois values as opposed to those of the warrior-aristocrat, a practice hardly to be likened to the anti-Semitism that advocates expulsion or extermination on religious or racial grounds. Haggard's first fully developed lost-race romance, and the chief model for all the many that followed from his and other pens. Rivaling #5 in permanent popularity, this is the first of the Allan Quatermain romances; in the Kukuanas, Haggard's first depiction of the noble savage; and in the ancient ruins named by the title, his first treatment of borderline SF material. www.depauw.edu /sfs/backissues/16/mullen16bib.htm

Ian Buckley: Rider Haggard, Almost Forgotten Genius Henry Rider Haggard was born in 1856 at West Bradenham, Norfolk, the son of the local squire. Those who hold up their hands in horror at this should reflect that Rider Haggard only came to these particular views after long and careful reflection, just as was the case with another famous author and administrator, John Buchan. Complete editions of most of Rider Haggard's books can be found on-line - including some hard-to-find out-of-print works - at http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ and http://www.blackmask.com/. www.spearhead.com /0207-ib.html

Violet Books: Haggard bibliography This bibliography of H. Rider Haggard's fantasy works represents a great amount of research, both in first-hand acquaintance with many of the books, & in attempting to resolve contradictions discovered while cross referencing sundry bibliographical works on Haggard by Scott, Whatmore, McKay, Bleiler, Reginald & a few others. Rider had been an avid hunter until an encounter with the ghost of a beloved hound convinced him animals had souls & their lives were as sacred as those of humanity. None of the illustrations were included in the UK edition at Haggard's request, as he apparently disliked them though he said only that he thought they would detract from a story of which he was particularly proud. www.violetbooks.com /haggard-bib.html

Henry Rider Haggard - World's Greatest Classic Books Haggard traveled to South Africa at the age of nineteen as secretary to the governor of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer. Haggard, however, was educated at a private school in London because his father thought he wasn't very bright. Throughout his life, Haggard was actively involved in the study of agriculture. www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/quickstep/1103/haggard_henry.htm

H. Rider Haggard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856– May 14, 1925), born in Kessingland, in Suffolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. Haggard is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomon's Mines, as well as many others such as She, Ayesha (sequel to She), Allan Quatermain (sequel to King Solomon's Mines), and the epic Viking romance, Eric Brighteyes. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H._Rider_Haggard   (850 words)

Haggard, Sir H. Rider --  Encyclopædia Britannica The English novelist Sir H. Rider Haggard is best known for his stories of Africa. in full Sir Henry Rider Haggard English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon's Mines (1885). The son of a barrister, Haggard was educated at Ipswich grammar school and by private tutors. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038779   (850 words)

RIDER HAGGARD Most readers are aware of Rider Haggard’s name and if pushed can usually go beyond King Solomon’s Mines to She and possibly Allan Quatermain, and then become stuck as to other titles, unless of course they have read the other 70+ titles! Haggard’s output was enormous, encompassing as it does 60 main fiction titles and 10 main non-fiction titles. Whilst his best-known character, Allan Quatermain, was undoubtedly an alter ego for Haggard, his other characters too reflected this strange man’s beliefs over the period 1885-1926. www.abbookman.com /ABBookman_F061804.html   (850 words)

Biographies: Rider Haggard Rider Haggard was a novelist who was famous for his "boy's own" adventure stories. He was responsible for enthusing the younger generations with tales of daring and high adventure on the African frontier. However, his books and stories are still quite readable and would give you an invaluable portrayal of how the hunters and frontiersman perceived themselves and how young boys throughout the empire were inspired. www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/haggard.htm   (850 words)

T1msn Encarta - Henry Rider Haggard Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), novelista, administrador colonial e ingeniero agrónomo inglés. mx.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568084/Henry_Rider_Haggard.html   (850 words)

haggard.htm Instead of a traditional, predictable descriptive paragraph about locale or characters, Haggard plunges abruptly into a dialogue between two quarrelling young men, George and Philip Caresfoot: "You lie; you always were a liar." A felicitous bone to pick, as it chances, since both the Caresfoot cousins prove themselves adept at deceit. But even within these cramping limitations, which Haggard ably shrugs off in his subsequent work, the author's fertile imagination manages to introduce the spirituality and occult allusions, and the exasperated passions, which characterize most of his more famous books. The romance between Arthur and Angela is an embryonic version of the fated, life-transcendent pairing Haggard usually likes to envision for his tormented lovers, and it is seeds such as this that make Dawn of enduring interest to Haggard scholars. members.xoom.virgilio.it /wordreign/haggard.htm   (850 words)

H. Rider Haggard: She Rider Haggard's novel She is, in many ways, a typical Victorian novel and, as such, it suffers from many of the vices and tropes associated with Victorian novels. In order to tell their story, Haggard posits a letter delivered to him from Holly, the first indication that this is a Victorian novel. " Haggard is able to use this style to aid in building the setting of his story, although in the 1990s, it also serves to slow the pace of the novel. www.sfsite.com /~silverag/she.html   (850 words)

She by H. Rider Haggard, a classic fantasy adventure book 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. Rider Haggard wrote many more books, and many are set in places other than Africa. More importantly, Haggard has carefully thought through the various aspects of his lost civilization, for instance how the elaborate design of the city of Kôr eventually caused the destruction of its people. members.aol.com /siure/haggard.htm   (850 words)

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Rider Haggard in ZhurnalWiki Most surprisingly pleasant of all, to me: Rider Haggard manages to avoid ~98% of the customary racism of his times. For more (free!) H. Rider Haggard visit http://www.gutenberg.net/ and search for Haggard. Haggard was obviously a well-read kind of guy... zhurnal.net /ww/zw?RiderHaggard   (850 words)

Haggard, Sir H. Rider, ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF BRITISH AUTHOR H. RIDER HAGGARD, SIGNED BY HAGGARD. Rider Haggard - Rotary Photo" Approximately 5.5 by 3.5 inches, mounted in coffee-coloured board with beveled edge and in a very handsome antique frame of thick, deep, wooden moulding with gilt inner frame and black accents. A very fine studio photograph of the great adventure author H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) with his signature in bold dark ink on the bottom. In all, Haggard wrote 34 travel related adventure novels as well as a number of significant non-fiction works on South Africa. www.polybiblio.com /bud/18081.html   (850 words)

H Rider Haggard Bibliography Sir Henry Rider Haggard is best known for his African adventure novels, notably King Solomon's Mines and She. Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire: A Critical Study of British Imperial Fiction The Critical Reception of Sir Henry Rider Haggard: An annotated bibliography, 1882-1991 www.fantasticfiction.co.uk /authors/H_Rider_Haggard.htm   (850 words)

rider haggard - OneLook Dictionary Search rider haggard, h rider haggard, henry rider haggard, sir rider haggard Phrases that include rider haggard : sir henry rider haggard, h. Rider haggard : Rhymezone [ home, info ] www.onelook.com /?w=rider+haggard&ls=a   (850 words)

H-Net Review: Sola Adeyemi on Diary of an African Journey: The Return of Rider Haggard Henry Rider Haggard first came to Africa as a nineteen year old in 1875, attached to the entourage of his father's friend and newly appointed Lieutenant- Governor of the British colony, Sir Henry Bulwer. However, Haggard in the diary is more concerned with values that were no longer current at the time of his visit but which were very real in the late nineteenth century when he first visited and lived in South Africa, and which dictated the formation of the South African Union. While the Diary is a collections of reminiscences and adventures of Haggard as an old man, it nevertheless reveals a lot of the younger Haggard and the historical events that formed the backdrop to the periods of his familiarity with South Africa, i.e. www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=12089972676735   (850 words)

Amazon.ca: Books: Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire: A Biography In Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire, the 1987 biography of Holden Caulfield's favorite author, Wendy Katz takes Haggard to task for his anti-Semitism. Pocock aims to reconstruct the life through Haggard's eyes, so he makes much of Haggard's difficult father, his love--and premonitions concerning the death--of his son, his lost first love, his marriage, his attempts at ostrich ranching in South Africa, and valuably, his long and profitable friendship with Rudyard Kipling. In any event, Haggard's many and vigorous opinions on agriculture and international affairs have all perished, while his novels endure. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0297813080   (850 words)

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Rider Haggard is said to have written King Solomon’s Mines on a bet, and in a scant six weeks. Consider that Haggard describes the virtuous Umbopa as very attractive (and relatively light-skinned), while Twala, the villain, is ugly (and dark-skinned). Haggard dedicates the novel to “big and little boys.” Is there anything in the novel to hold the interest of big or little girls? www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0812966295&view=rg   (850 words)

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