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King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a quest into an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the missing brother of one of the party. It is significant as the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
Language: English
Published in: 1885
Word count: 82,580 words (≈ about 6 hours)
Source: Gutenberg
Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA.
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:12:02 +0100
As a avid reader it shed new light upon my taste for adventure.
The writer makes sure that the narrative doesn't become boring or to long. Haggard as a man of great writing skills.