A finales del siglo XIX, Haggard colocó en las tierras de África, en parte inexploradas, a Allan Quatermain, el cazador de elefantes, enrolado en un viaje erizado de dificultades en busca de las portentosas...

Una de las primeras novelas del género del "mundo perdido", Ayesha relata las aventuras de un profesor de Cambridge y su hijo adoptivo. El profesor, llamado Horace Holly y su protegido Leo viajan por...

Es la segunda novela de H. Rider Haggard, su protagonista principal es Ayesha. Según una encuesta, fue considerada por el público la mejor novela fantástica del siglo XIX.

Es la segunda novela de H. Rider Haggard, su protagonista principal es Ayesha. Según una encuesta, fue considerada por el público la mejor novela fantástica del siglo XIX.

La historia comienza cuando Horace Holly, un profesor de Cambridge, es nombrado tutor de Leo Vincey, el hijo de un amigo que acaba de fallecer. El padre de Leo dejó una extraña herencia, un cofre con...

Esta colección presenta las obras más influyentes de la literatura mundial. Contenido: La Ilíada y La Odisea Edipo Rey El Banquete Metafísica La metamorfosis De la Brevedad de la Vida Las Confesiones...

'100 Obras Maestras de la Literatura Universal' representa una sinfonía literaria de voces, estilos y contextos históricos que abarca desde la Antigüedad hasta el umbral del siglo XXI. Esta colección...

La antología '100 Obras Maestras de la Literatura Universal' congrega una selección sin precedentes de las voces más emblemáticas que han modelado el panorama literario a lo largo de los siglos. Desde...

As Minas de Salomão tem um lugar peculiar na literatura porque a tradução de Eça de Queiroz para a língua portuguesa ficou mais famosa do que o original em inglês. Trata-se de uma clássica história de...

Teenage and adult readers will be inspired by this historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story...

Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he relives a previous incarnation. He finds himself in pre-historic time, "cave-men" times, and enjoys a variety...

The People of the Mist is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god. A truly fantastic fantasy tale from...

At the end of She: A History of Adventure, the title character appeared to be killed; but promised to return. In Ayesha, the second book, the two adventurers from the first novel, Leo and Holly, are inspired...

Treasure and the occult are vividly blended in this stirring tale of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the middle of the Dark Continent ruled by a huge, pale man with a strange knowledge of...

"I believe it was the old Egyptians – a very wise people, probably indeed much wiser than we know for in the leisure of their ample centuries they had time to think out things – who declared that each...

"I believe it was the old Egyptians – a very wise people, probably indeed much wiser than we know for in the leisure of their ample centuries they had time to think out things – who declared that each...

Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he relives a previous incarnation. He finds himself in pre-historic time, "cave-men" times, and enjoys a variety...

Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he relives a previous incarnation. He finds himself in pre-historic time, "cave-men" times, and enjoys a variety...

The Zulus have a strange story of a white girl who in Dingaan's day was supposed to 'hold the spirit' of some legendary goddess of theirs who is also white. This girl, they say, was very beautiful and...

In this sequel to She, Horace Holly & his ward Leo Vincey once again embark on a quest to find the mysterious woman known as Ayesha. Knowing that She is no longer in Africa, they go east, eventually...

A young Cambridge University professor, Horace Holly, is visited by a colleague, Vincey, who reveals that he will soon die. Vincey proceeds to tell Holly a fantastical tale of his family heritage. He...

She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo...

Queen of the Dawn A Love Tale of Old Egypt - H. Rider Haggard - Queen of the Dawn is an ancient Egyptian fantasy. The beginning of the story is very rapidly developing, from the very beginning the pharaon...

Montezuma's Daughter H. Rider Haggard - Montezuma's Daughter, first published in 1893, is a novel written by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. Narrated in the first person by Thomas Wingfield,...

Ayesha, the Return of She H. Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She is a gothic-fantasy novel by English Victorian author H. Rider Haggard, published in 1905, as a sequel to She. Chronologically, it...

The People of the Mist H. Rider Haggard - The People of the Mist is a classic lost race fantasy novel written by H. Rider Haggard. It was first published serially in the weekly magazine Tit-Bits, between...

Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard - "In this sequel to King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain and his companions once more set out for Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north...

While Quartermain visits Lord Randall, two foreigners come asking for Macumazana -- that is, asking for Allan Quartermain by the name he used among the Africans. The two visitors are Harut and Marut,...

She - H. Rider Haggard - She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by the English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in book form in 1887 following serialisation in The Graphic magazine between...

Brother John, who has been living in Africa for many years, gives Allan Quatermain the largest orchid he has ever seen. Later, in England, he has a meeting with Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is...