King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain #1
by Henry Rider Haggard

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… (more)

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)

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA.

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