The Wizard - Softcover

Haggard, H. Rider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9356561168 ISBN 13: 9789356561168

Verlag: DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP, 2022

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In 1896, H. R. Haggard's novel 'The Wizard' was first published. The Wizard is an exemplary and notable writing of Haggard, depicting imperialist era. The story is based on Reverend Owen's mission to convert, the African tribal people known as People of Fire to Christianity. During colonialism, it was British belief, to make colonial people more civilized, convert their thought and beliefs by spreading the idea of Christianity. In this, Haggard also shows the power of womanhood by a strong female character Noma.

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H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist, agricultural reformer, and public servant best known for his adventure fiction set in Africa and other exoticized landscapes of the Victorian and Edwardian imagination. Born in Norfolk, England, Haggard spent formative years in southern Africa, where he worked in colonial administration and gained experiences that shaped much of his later fiction. His firsthand knowledge of colonial society, African settings, and frontier politics helped give his adventure novels a vivid sense of place, danger, and historical tension.Haggard achieved lasting fame with King Solomon's Mines, one of the defining works of the lost-world adventure genre and the novel that introduced Allan Quatermain to readers. He followed it with many other popular works, including She, Allan Quatermain, Cleopatra, Montezuma's Daughter, Nada the Lily, Marie, Child of Storm, and Finished. His fiction often blends exploration, romance, archaeology, folklore, supernatural elements, and imperial adventure, creating stories that influenced later adventure heroes, lost-world tales, pulp fiction, film serials, and modern popular adventure narratives.Although Haggard's work reflects the assumptions and conflicts of the British imperial age, it also often shows a fascination with cultures, histories, and spiritual forces beyond the control of European characters. His African romances, especially the Allan Quatermain books, remain important to the history of adventure fiction for their scale, atmosphere, narrative energy, and enduring influence on the genre.

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• Verlag: DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9356561168
• ISBN 13: 9789356561168
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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