King Solomon's mines

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"When first published, King Solomon's Mines (1885) was an enormous popular success. The narrative follows the explorations of Allan Quatermain, a fortune hunter who travels to Africa in search of ancient treasures and a lost fellow explorer. Written as an adventure story, the novel is also a late-Victorian imperial romance that illuminates the politics of British imperialist capitalism in 1870s and 1880s South Africa." "This edition includes contemporary reviews, other writings by Haggard on Af…

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Title Statements

Full title :King Solomon's mines / H. Rider Haggard ; edited by Gerald Monsman.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Broadview Press
Place of Publication:Peterborough, Ont
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

The Physical Object

Description:306 pages : : map ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1551114399, 9781551114392
oclc:ocm50022729
LC Classification:PR4731
Dewey Decimal:823/.8

King Solomon's mines -- Appendix A: Victorian Critical Reaction -- Appendix B: Haggard on Africa and romance -- Appendix C: Historical documents: natives and imperialists in South Africa -- Appendix D: Historical documents: spoils of imperialism: gold, diamonds, and ivory.

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Adventure fiction Africa Africa -- Fiction Afrique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Diamants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- … Diamond mines and mining Diamond mines and mining -- Fiction Fiction Guides de chasse -- Romans, nouvelles, … Hunting guides Hunting guides -- Fiction Missing persons Missing persons -- Fiction Novels Personnes disparues -- Romans, nouvelle… Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character… Quatermain, Allan (Personnages fictifs)… Quatermain, Allan, (Fictitious characte… Romans Treasure troves