Allan's Wife and Other Tales

by H. Rider Haggard

Allan's wife and other tales is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

372 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2016

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

[Trounin · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Жена Аллана” – первая часть третьей книги о похождениях Аллана Квотермейна. Второй частью являются три рассказа: “Рассказ охотника Квотермейна”, “Рассказ о трёх львах” и “Неравный поединок”. Внимать читателю предстоит очередным байкам, пришедшимся к слову. Можно предположить, что Хаггард намеревался их включить в одну из прежних книг, но опасался излишне навязчивого дополнения к произведениям, где и без того имелось излишнее количество вольных отклонений от сюжета. Да и не стерпит читатель, ежели станет внимать бесконечному повествованию о том, как Аллан Квотермейн на слона или льва ходил. Всему полагается своё время. Потому лучшим выходом стало издать рассказы в качестве придатка. Собственно, в 1889 году появилось издание, в оригинале называемое “Жена Аллана и другие рассказы”.

(c) Trounin

[Anne Patkau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is this why Stella (Star) is such a popular name nowadays? She gives Allan a life of love in one year, after he saves her life as children. Unexpected twists.

Typos: c6 p4 p15 reim is rein
c5 p7 death with is death would
c11 p6 cliff, back is cliff, black