She Trilogy

Ayesha #1-3

by H. Rider Haggard

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains three works of the SHE (or AYESHA) series by H. Rider Haggard: SHE, AYESHA: THE RETURN OF SHE, and SHE AND ALLAN.

The books follow the adventures of an expedition to an unexplored part of East Africa, where the group finds Ayesha, a beautiful and immortal sorceress who claims the expedition's leader is the reincarnation of her long-dead beloved. Ayesha had become ageless and perfectly beautiful more than 2 millennia earlier by immersing herself in a magic flame, and pressures the expedition leader to immerse himself as well.

Genres: Classics

Nook

First published January 1, 1921

About the author

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire.

His breakout novel was King Solomon's Mines (1885), which was to be the first in a series telling of the multitudinous adventures of its protagonist, Allan Quatermain.

Haggard was made a Knight Bachelor in 1912 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament as a Conservative candidate for the Eastern division of Norfolk in 1895. The locality of Rider, British Columbia, was named in his memory.

Reviews

[Sadia AB]

আমার জীবনে পড়া সেরা বইগুলার একটা...

রিভিউ লেখা আমার কাজ না। আই মিন পারিনা রিভিউ লিখতে🤷‍♀️.....

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable book. I actualy only read "She" and not the next two. Goodreads did not have the BN Nook Edition that I had purchased as a single book. It is a nice cheap reprint of a bestselling book of the past. Written in the late 1800's right during the Imperial race for Africa and a time of unknowns and great adventure. The white man with a gun can travel the world and discover things and peoples undiscovered for centuries. The She or "She who must be obeyed" is a compelling character and I may have to read the next book. "Ayesha and She" It took a while to read because I have been so busy. I enjoyed the writing style - I usually really enjoy late 1800's early 1900's styles of writing because the word choice is of a different era. The words seem richer and the worlds created seem brighter. Why have we lost so many wonderful words in our modern books?

[Norman Howe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haggard cashes in on his two most popular characters by having them meet. Allan Quatermain consults a witch doctor with questions about the afterlife. Zikali refers him to someone far more knowledgeable than he: the sorceress known as Ayesha.

[Blondie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very wordy - the main character likes to philosophize for several pages, but the action sequences are great. V