The World's Desire
by Andrew Lang H. Rider Haggard
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About This Book
Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. After failing his army entrance exam he was sent to a private 'crammer' in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, for which he never sat. Haggard's father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Sir Henry Bulwer. Heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers he met in Colonial Africa, the great mineral wealth discovered in Africa, and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations in Africa ...
Chapters (34)
- The World’s Desire
- To W. B. RICHMOND, A.R.A.
- PREFACE
- THE WORLD’S DESIRE
- BOOK I
- CHAPTER I. THE SILENT ISLE
- CHAPTER II. THE VISION OF THE WORLD’S DESIRE
- CHAPTER III. THE SLAYING OF THE SIDONIANS
- CHAPTER IV. THE BLOOD-RED SEA
- CHAPTER V. MERIAMUN THE QUEEN
- CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF MERIAMUN
- CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN’S VISION
- CHAPTER VIII. THE KA, THE BAI, AND THE KHOU
- BOOK II
- CHAPTER I. THE PROPHETS OF THE APURA
- CHAPTER II. THE NIGHT OF DREAD
- CHAPTER III. THE BATHS OF BRONZE
- CHAPTER IV. THE QUEEN’S CHAMBER
- CHAPTER V. THE CHAPEL PERILOUS
- CHAPTER VI. THE WARDENS OF THE GATE
- CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW IN THE SUNLIGHT
- CHAPTER VIII. THE LOOSING OF THE SPIRIT OF REI
- CHAPTER IX. THE WAKING OF THE SLEEPER
- CHAPTER X. THE OATH OF THE WANDERER
- CHAPTER XI. THE WAKING OF THE WANDERER
- BOOK III
- CHAPTER I. THE VENGEANCE OF KURRI
- CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF PHARAOH
- CHAPTER III. THE BED OF TORMENT
- CHAPTER IV. PHARAOH’S DREAM
- CHAPTER V. THE VOICE OF THE DEAD
- CHAPTER VI. THE BURNING OF THE SHRINE
- CHAPTER VII. THE LAST FIGHT OF ODYSSEUS, LAERTES’ SON
- CHAPTER VIII. “TILL ODYSSEUS COMES!”
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