"His fiction marks the resurgence of the popular escape romance (mainly for male readers) in the late nineteenth century" — John Sutherland, pp. 269-70.
Portrait of the author in 1898 (photo by Histed); frontispiece
of
Haggard's autobiography, The Days of My Life, Vol. I.
Biographical Materials
- Autobiographical Elements in Haggard’s Fiction
- A Review of Richard Reeve’s The Sexual Imperative in the Novels of Sir Henry Rider Haggard (2018)
Theme and Subject
- The dominant Theme throughout Haggard’s Novels
- Sir Henry Rider Haggard’s Theme of Male Betrayal
- Celibacy in New Woman Fiction and the Work of H. Rider Haggard
Characterization and Description
Plot and Narrative Structure
- The Death of Mahomed in "SHE": A Critical Revision (1887)
- Ayesha’s Doom: Her Body Ages and Decays
- (general) Plot and narrative structure in fiction
Cultural Contexts (sitemaps for sections outside individual authors = ***)
- Victorian authors***
- H. Rider Haggard's relation to Victorian art
- Religion — themes and contexts***
- Science and technology***
- Economic themes and contexts***
- Victorian political history***
- Victorian social history***
Illustration
- Johnson's Serial Illustrations for "SHE:" A History of Adventure (1886)
- Greiffenhagen's Volume Illustrations for She: A History of Adventure (1888)
- A Gallery of Composite Woodblock Engravings for "SHE:" A History of Adventure by E. K. Johnson in The Graphic (1886)
- A Gallery of Lithographic Engravings for SHE: A History of Adventure by Maurice Greiffenhagen in the First British Volume Edition (1887)
Bibliography
Bibliography
Brantlinger, Patrick. Introduction. She: A History of Adventure. By H. Rider Haggard. London: Penguin, 2004. vii-xxviii.
Ellis, P. B. H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite. London: Routledge, 1978.
Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life: An Autobiography, Vol. I. Edited by C. J. Longman. London: Longmans, Green, 1926. Internet Archive. Web. 14 May 2025.
_____. The Days of My Life: An Autobiogrpahy, Vol. II. Edited by C. J. Longman. London: Longmans, Green, 1923. Internet Archive. Web. 14 May 2025.
_____. "SHE:" A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. The Graphic Magazine, Vols. XXXIV and XXXV. 2 October 1886 to 8 January 1887.
_____. She: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. New York: Harper & Bros., 1887.
_____. She: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888, rpt. 1927.
_____. She. Project Gutenberg EBook #3155 produced by John Bickers; Dagny; William Kyngesburye; David Kyngesburye; David Widger. 2016. Web. Accessed 9 May 2025.
Sutherland, John. The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. London: Longman, 1988.
Created 29 September 2018
Last updated 20 May 2025