She (Dream Classics). E-book. Formato EPUB - 9788826459226

She (Dream Classics). E-book. Formato EPUB. <i><b>She</b></i>, subtitled&nbsp;<i><b>A History of Adventure</b></i>, is a novel by English writer&nbsp;H. Rider Haggard, first serialised in&nbsp;<i>The Graphic</i>&nbsp;magazine from October 1886 to January 1887.&nbsp;<i>She</i>&nbsp;was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print.<br />The story is a first-person narrative that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. There they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful &quot;She&quot;, or &quot;<i>She-who-must-be-obeyed</i>&quot;. In this work, Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the&nbsp;Lost World&nbsp;subgenre, which many later authors emulated.<br /><i>She</i>&nbsp;is placed firmly in the imperialist literature of nineteenth-century England, and inspired by Rider Haggard&#39;s experiences of&nbsp;South Africa&nbsp;and British colonialism. The story expresses numerous racial and evolutionary conceptions of the late Victorians, especially notions of degeneration and racial decline prominent during the&nbsp;<i>fin de si&egrave;cle</i>. In the figure of She, the novel notably explored themes of female authority and feminine behaviour. It has received praise and criticism alike for its representation of womanhood.