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Honna: Story Viaj Coynt: H. Ryder Haggard's She in Cornish

AUTHOR Greiffenhagen, Maurice; Williams, Nicholas; Haggard, H. Rider
PUBLISHER Evertype (02/01/2016)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Rider Haggard a screfas an novel-ma in nebes dedhyow termyn cot wosa y sowena gans "Balyow Mytern Salamon" hag ev ow qwil devnyth unweyth arta a'y experyens a Afryca hag a'y skians a'n fug-whedhlow coth. Saw yma downder br ssa ha moy grysyl dhe verkya i'n lyver-ma kefr s. I'n whedhel yma an try den dhyworth Kergraunt ow codhevel torrva gorhal, fevyr ha debroryon tus in udn whelas "Honna", towl ha pedn aga viaj, kemynys dhedhans dyw vil vledhen alena. "Honna" yw an carnacyon a onen a'n fygurs moyha puyssant ha moyha omborthus in omwodhvos an West: benyn neb yw in kettermyn dynyores ha skyla rag euth. "Ow emp r vy yw emp r a'n desmygyans." An geryow-na yw leverys gans Ayesha, chif-person an lyver-ma ha myternes a dr b in Afryca Cres. Yma hy les'hanow "Honna-a-res-bos-obeyes" ow styrya hy thecter dyvarow ha gallos hy fystry. Saw an dhew lavar-na kemerys warbarth yw d stuny kefr s a'n dhalhen crev a'n jeva an auctour, Henry Rider Haggard, w r imajynacyon y redyoryon dres an bledhydnyow. ---- Rider Haggard wrote this novel in a few days shortly after his success with "King Solomon's Mines", and in it he again uses his African experiences and his familiarity with old legends. But there is a greater and more frightening depth in this book. In the story the three men from Cambridge endure shipwreck, fever, and cannibals as they search for "She", the object and end of their adventure, bequeathed to them two thousand years previously. "She" is the incarnation of one of the most powerful and most ambiguous figures in Western consciousness: a woman who is at the same time a seductress and a figure of terror. "My empire is an empire of the imagination." Those words are spoken by Ayesha, the central figure of this book and the queen of a central African tribe. Her soubriquet "She-who-must-be-obeyed" alludes to her deathless beauty and her magical powers. But taken together those two utterances bear witness to the powerful hold the author, Henry Rider Haggard, has had on his readers over the years.

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ISBN-13: 9781782011323
ISBN-10: 1782011323
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Cornish
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Page Count: 334
Carton Quantity: 22
Product Dimensions: 5.50 x 0.75 x 8.50 inches
Weight: 0.94 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Rider Haggard a screfas an novel-ma in nebes dedhyow termyn cot wosa y sowena gans "Balyow Mytern Salamon" hag ev ow qwil devnyth unweyth arta a'y experyens a Afryca hag a'y skians a'n fug-whedhlow coth. Saw yma downder br ssa ha moy grysyl dhe verkya i'n lyver-ma kefr s. I'n whedhel yma an try den dhyworth Kergraunt ow codhevel torrva gorhal, fevyr ha debroryon tus in udn whelas "Honna", towl ha pedn aga viaj, kemynys dhedhans dyw vil vledhen alena. "Honna" yw an carnacyon a onen a'n fygurs moyha puyssant ha moyha omborthus in omwodhvos an West: benyn neb yw in kettermyn dynyores ha skyla rag euth. "Ow emp r vy yw emp r a'n desmygyans." An geryow-na yw leverys gans Ayesha, chif-person an lyver-ma ha myternes a dr b in Afryca Cres. Yma hy les'hanow "Honna-a-res-bos-obeyes" ow styrya hy thecter dyvarow ha gallos hy fystry. Saw an dhew lavar-na kemerys warbarth yw d stuny kefr s a'n dhalhen crev a'n jeva an auctour, Henry Rider Haggard, w r imajynacyon y redyoryon dres an bledhydnyow. ---- Rider Haggard wrote this novel in a few days shortly after his success with "King Solomon's Mines", and in it he again uses his African experiences and his familiarity with old legends. But there is a greater and more frightening depth in this book. In the story the three men from Cambridge endure shipwreck, fever, and cannibals as they search for "She", the object and end of their adventure, bequeathed to them two thousand years previously. "She" is the incarnation of one of the most powerful and most ambiguous figures in Western consciousness: a woman who is at the same time a seductress and a figure of terror. "My empire is an empire of the imagination." Those words are spoken by Ayesha, the central figure of this book and the queen of a central African tribe. Her soubriquet "She-who-must-be-obeyed" alludes to her deathless beauty and her magical powers. But taken together those two utterances bear witness to the powerful hold the author, Henry Rider Haggard, has had on his readers over the years.

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Author: Haggard, H. Rider
Stephen Coan is an assistant editor of The Natal Witness.
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Translator: Williams, Nicholas
Nicholas Williams is an urban ecologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne.
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