H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925)
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) is best remembered for his 34 adventure fantasy novels set in exotic locations. As a child, Haggard, whose father was an English barrister, was considered dim-witted and was inclined to daydreaming. His parents ended his formal education when he was seventeen, visa mer and he was sent to work in South Africa, where his imagination was inspired by the people, animals, and jungle. He became close friends with authors Rudyard Kipling and Andrew Lang. Haggard's most popular books are King Solomon's Mines (1886) and She (1887). He also wrote short stories, as well as nonfiction on topics such as gardening, English farming, and rural life, interests which led to duties on government commissions concerned with land maintenance. For his literary contributions and his government service, Haggard was knighted in 1912. Several of Haggard's novels have been filmed. She was filmed in 1965, starring Ursula Andress. King Solomon's Mines was filmed with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr in 1950, and again with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in 1985. Also, the novel Allan Quatermain was filmed as Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in 1986. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av H. Rider Haggard
Regeneration, Being an Account of the Social Work of the Salvation Army in Great Britain (1910) 22 exemplar
Kuningas Saalomoni kaevandused ; Seeba kuninganna sõrmus : [romaanid] (2007) — Författare — 18 exemplar
Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal (1882) 14 exemplar
H. RIDER HAGGARD Ultimate Collection: 60 Works in One Volume (Allan Quatermain Series, Ayesha Series, Lost World… (2016) 10 exemplar
King Solomon's Mines and Other Adventures Vol. 1 (The Allan Quatermain Tales--Four Exciting Adventure Novels in… (2008) 10 exemplar
The Annotated She: A Critical Edition of H. Rider Haggard's Victorian Romance (Visions (Bloomington, Ind.)) (1991) 10 exemplar
The Works of Leo Tolstoi One Volume Edition [1928]; The Works of Victor Hugo One Volume Edition [1927]; The Works of H.… (1928) 10 exemplar
The Allan Quatermain Series: 15 Books and Stories in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 9 exemplar
The Favorite Novels of H. Rider Haggard [Cleopatra / She / King Solomon's Mines / Allan Quatermain / Maiwa's Revenge] (1928) 7 exemplar
SHE: The four novels.: (She, Ayesha: The Return of She, She and Allan, Wisdom?s Daughter) (Timeless Wisdom Collection) (2014) — Författare — 6 exemplar
King Solomon's Mines: Level 3 (Usborne Young Reading) (3.3 Young Reading Series Three (Purple)) (2012) 6 exemplar
Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 3-Child of Storm & Allan and the Holy Flower (Quartermain) (2008) 5 exemplar
Lost civilizations 5 exemplar
Rural England;: Being an account of agricultural and social researches carried out in the years 1901 & 1902 (1902) 4 exemplar
Novelas Escogidas. Ella, Las Minas del Rey Salomon, Allan Quatermain, La esposa de Allan, La venganza de Maiwa (1966) 4 exemplar
Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 7-Allan and the Ice Gods, Four Short Adventures & Nada the Lily (2009) 4 exemplar
African Adventures: 2-The People of the Mist, Black Heart and White Heart & The Wizard (2009) 4 exemplar
Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 6-Heu-Heu or, the Monster & The Treasure of the Lake (2009) 3 exemplar
Allan Quatermain: 17 Books 3 exemplar
Mr. Meeson's Will/ Doctor Therne 3 exemplar
ALLAN QUATERMAIN; KING SOLOMON'S MINES 2 exemplar
Ela: O Mistério no Coração da África 2 exemplar
King Solomon's Mines: Allan Quatermain and Montezuma's Daughter (Illustrated British Classics) (2016) 2 exemplar
The Allan Quatermain Omnibus Volume II, including the following novels (complete and unabridged) The Ivory Child, The… (2012) 2 exemplar
She [Motion picture] 2 exemplar
African Stories 2 exemplar
New Oxford Progressive English Readers: Grade 4: 3700 Headwords: King Solomon's Mines (2008) 2 exemplar
King Solomons Mines 2 exemplar
Hodder & Stoughton's sevenpenny library 1 exemplar
Margaret 1 exemplar
A Winter Pilgrimage: Being an Account of Travels through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus Accomplished in the… (1999) 1 exemplar
She [Short Story] 1 exemplar
The Lady of the Heavens 1 exemplar
MY FELLOW LABORER. 1 exemplar
The Collected Works of Henry Rider Haggard: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 1 exemplar
Pollyanna 1 exemplar
Rozamunda 1 exemplar
Benita: An African Romance 1 exemplar
I romanzi di cappa e spada. Iduna la bella 1 exemplar
KING SOLOMON´S MINES 1 exemplar
Kopi tsaria Solomona. Prekrasnaia Margaret. 1 exemplar
Khoziaika Bloskholma. V debriakh Severa. 1 exemplar
Ella. Vols. I i II 1 exemplar
The Works of Haggard - One Volume Edition 1 exemplar
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H. Rider Haggard. Les Mines du Roi Salomon : Traduit par René Lécuyer. Illustrations de P. Couronne 1 exemplar
Allan Quatermain Annotated 1 exemplar
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The Descent Beneath Kôr [From She] 1 exemplar
The Complete Adventures Of Allan Quatermain 1 exemplar
An Allan Quatermain Adventure Collection: King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain, Allan's Wife, Hunter Quatermain's… (2020) 1 exemplar
Mary of Marion Isle 1 exemplar
Belshazzar 1 exemplar
The Days of My Life - Vol 2 1 exemplar
She Vol. 2 1 exemplar
The Zayat Kiss 1 exemplar
SALATTU MAA 1 exemplar
Barbara Who Came Back 1 exemplar
foreign teachers graded reading the Oxford English society (Level 4) (Oxford progressive English readers) (1998) 1 exemplar
The Allan Quatermain Omnibus Volume I, including the following novels (complete and unabridged) King Solomon's… (2012) 1 exemplar
Allan Quatermain (abridged) 1 exemplar
The Complete Allan Quatermain Series: 18 Books and Stories in One Volume (Halcyon Classics) 1 exemplar
טבעת מלכת שבא 1 exemplar
Luno de Izrael 1 exemplar
Wisdom's Daughter - Queen Sheeba's Ring 1 exemplar
The Blue Curtains 1 exemplar
She ; King Solomon's mines 1 exemplar
King Solomon's Mines 1 exemplar
Maiwas Hævn 1 exemplar
Dziecię z kości słoniowej 1 exemplar
رقصة الموت 1 exemplar
Novelas escogidas 1 exemplar
As Minas de Salomão Livro 1 1 exemplar
About Fiction 1 exemplar
Den sorte lilie 1 exemplar
Mr. Meeson's Will, a Novel; Doctor Therne 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Into Unknown England, 1866-1913: Selections from the Social Explorers (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 22 exemplar
Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Adventure Novels: King Solomon's Mines, Prisoner of Zenda, Under the Red Robe, The Lost World, Beau Geste (Collins… (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Het Beste Boek 124: Luchtkasteel / Liesbeth / Gekidnapt / Vondeling van de storm (1986) — Författare — 2 exemplar
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- Haggard, H. Rider
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Rider Haggard, Sir Henry
- Födelsedag
- 1856-06-22
- Avled
- 1925-05-14
- Begravningsplats
- Ditchingham, Norfolk, England
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Bradenham, Norfolk, England, UK
- Dödsort
- London, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- South Africa
UK - Utbildning
- Ipswich Grammar School
- Yrken
- novelist
barrister
civil servant - Relationer
- Haggard, Lilias Rider (daughter)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1919)
Knight Bachelor (1912) - Kort biografi
- Sir H. Rider Haggard
Also known asSir Henry Rider Haggard
born
June 22, 1856
Bradenham, England
died
May 14, 1925 (aged 68)
London, England
notable works“She”
“King Solomon’s Mines”
“Heart of the World”
“The Ivory Child”
“Cleopatra”
“Nada the Lily”
“A Farmer’s Year”
“Queen Sheba’s Ring”
“Rural England”
“Marie”
Sir H. Rider Haggard, in full Sir Henry Rider Haggard (born June 22, 1856, Bradenham, Norfolk, Eng.—died May 14, 1925, London), 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. In 1875, at age 19, he went to southern Africa as secretary to the governor of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer. Then he served on Sir Theophilus Shepstone’s staff and himself hoisted the flag at the brief first annexation of the Transvaal (1877–81). He then became master of the high court there. In 1879 he returned to England, wrote a history of recent events in southern Africa, Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882), and read for the bar.
He published two unsuccessful novels but captured the public with his African adventure story King Solomon’s Mines. He followed this with She (1887) and further stories of Africa, notably Allan Quatermain (1887), Nada the Lily (1892), Queen Sheba’s Ring (1910), Marie (1912), and The Ivory Child (1916). He used other settings for such striking romances as Cleopatra (1889), Montezuma’s Daughter (1893), and Heart of the World (1896).
Haggard was also a practical farmer; he served on several government commissions concerning agriculture and was knighted in 1912 for these services. A Farmer’s Year (1899) and Rural England, 2 vol. (1902), are works of some importance. His autobiography, The Days of My Life: An Autobiography by Sir H. Rider Haggard (1926), was edited by C.J. Longman and published posthumously. With Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, and William Morris, Haggard was part of the literary reaction against domestic realism that has been called a romance revival.
(Written By: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica)
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