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She and Allan (1921)

door H. Rider Haggard

Reeksen: Ayesha (book 3), Allan Quatermain (7)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML: "An imaginative, entertaining adventure story."-E.F. Bleiler "Enchantment is just what this writer exercised; he fixed pictures in our minds that thirty years have been unable to wear away."-Graham Green She and Allan is one of H. Rider Haggard's most exciting novels of adventure and romance. In bringing together two of his most compelling characters, Allan Quatermain, the quirky English Big-Game hunter and explorer, and the seductive and iconic supernatural African Queen Ayesha, or popularly known as "she-who-must-be-obeyed," Haggard has created one of the most exciting stories in his body of work. When Allan Quatermain seeks out the Zulu witch-doctor Zikali in the south of Africa to determine if he can communicate with the dead, he is instructed to travel to a lost kingdom deep in the interior of Africa. Zikali reveals that the truth of his inquiry will only be revealed if Quatermain delivers a message to a mysterious and supernatural white sorceress who rules over a tribe living in the ruins of an ancient city. Quatermain sets out on a perilous journey through uncharted lands full of cannibals, wild beasts, and treacherous brushes with death. When he finally reaches the rubble of the lost kingdom of Kôr, he is summoned into the presence of the immortal Queen Ayesha, "she-who-must-be-obeyed", and is requested to lead her army into battle against the dreaded kingdom of Rezu. A spellbinding tale of supernatural fiction, She and Allan is one of the most intriguing and exotic works of early 20th century Fantasy. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of She and Allan is both modern and readable.… (meer)

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judeprufrock | Jul 4, 2023 |

It is a somewhat grumpy Allan the reader encounters in She and Allan, a novel that brings together Haggard's two most enduring characters, Allan Quatermain and the ethereal Ayesha. Despite the promise such a meeting might inspire, Haggard failed to produce anything near the quality of his earlier works that dealt with the two. Instead of insight and introspection, we get repetitive harangues on life and what comes after. Ayesha plays the role of Allan's psychoanalyst, probing and testing him, albeit in unethical and deceitful ways. For his part, Allan is such a rationalizing grouch that you wish he hadn't bothered with the trip in the first place. We learn nothing new about either Allan or Ayesha. We do not even learn anything new about Kor or the people of the lost civilization among whose remains dwells Ayesha. Disappointing. (

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PaulCornelius | Apr 12, 2020 |

The book starts out wonderfully. We have AQ pondering life-after-death and he decides to act upon it with the help of an African wizard who tells him of Ayesha, she-who-commands, and sends him on a quest to find her. We get some interesting adventures along the way, and then... Allan finally meets Ayesha.
And there we grind to a halt.
Ayesha is referred to here as she-who-commands, and in other sources her name is she-who-must-be-obeyed, but it it were me I'd call her "she-who-never-shuts-up." My gosh, but the woman is such a windbag! I found myself constantly feeling sorry for AQ who had to sit there and listen to her babble on and on. I kept hoping at some point he'd put his hands over his ears and tell her to SHUT UP! I know Allan's a gentleman at heart but even so he shouldn't have had to put up with her constant yakking.
The only redeeming thing here is Hans, who is his usual funny, irreverent, and disrespectful, yet cunning and sensible self.
Over all this is a minor effort on HRH's part. The simple yet beautiful language is there, as is the effortless prose, but the final third gets so bogged down in philosophical baloney that it becomes far less enjoyable than it could have been. (

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jameshold | Jul 22, 2017 |

Auteur à succès et père de deux légendes de la littérature d'aventure : "Elle" et "Allan Quatermain", Henry Rider Haggard a succombé au charme de réunir ses deux personnages dans cet ouvrage. Celui qui a trouvé les mines du roi Salomon rencontre celle qui ordonne, Aycha l'immortel solitaire, femme fatale au sein de sa citadelle de Kôr. On aurait pu s'attendre à quelques étincelles entre ces deux protagonistes mais le roman ne joue pas la surenchère. Aycha et Allan ne sont pas sur la même planète. Ils s'évitent, se mentent, se jaugent l'un l'autre et confrontent des désirs qui ne sont pas les mêmes. Dans son immortalité farouche, Aycha appartient à un monde au-delà de la mort et ne cesse que devenir plus vivante, plus aimante. Sa magie sert à attendre son amant éternel, Kallikratès, qu'elle a tué. Allan, lui, cherche à se souvenir des morts et à savoir si les figures aimantes du passé se rappellent de lui. De ces deux désirs contradictoires naît des conversations brèves mais intenses entre les deux personnages, discussions qui débouchent sur une certaine amertume de la vie, sur une déception des relations humaines, même si les aventures sont foisonnantes. C'est un peu comme si nous côtoyions des êtres aimés en sachant que cet amour est très relatif et non pas éternel. Les dialogues entre Aycha et Allan sont très bien agencés et on sent que l'auteur y a mis toute son âme. Aycha et Allan est un livre de sagesse en plus d'un roman d'aventure aux actions palpitantes et flamboyantes.

Sans atteindre la forte intensité de "She", ce roman apporte un éclairage supplémentaire sur cette héroïne exceptionnelle qu'est Aysha. (

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Veilleur_de_nuit | Apr 28, 2013 |

Intersting as being the meeting of Haggard's two greatest characters, Allen Quatermain and "She Who Must Be Obeyed." but otherwise not his best work. (

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"An imaginative, entertaining adventure story."-E.F. Bleiler

"Enchantment is just what this writer exercised; he fixed pictures in our minds that thirty years have been unable to wear away."-Graham Green

She and Allan is one of H. Rider Haggard's most exciting novels of adventure and romance. In bringing together two of his most compelling characters, Allan Quatermain, the quirky English Big-Game hunter and explorer, and the seductive and iconic supernatural African Queen Ayesha, or popularly known as "she-who-must-be-obeyed," Haggard has created one of the most exciting stories in his body of work.

When Allan Quatermain seeks out the Zulu witch-doctor Zikali in the south of Africa to determine if he can communicate with the dead, he is instructed to travel to a lost kingdom deep in the interior of Africa. Zikali reveals that the truth of his inquiry will only be revealed if Quatermain delivers a message to a mysterious and supernatural white sorceress who rules over a tribe living in the ruins of an ancient city. Quatermain sets out on a perilous journey through uncharted lands full of cannibals, wild beasts, and treacherous brushes with death. When he finally reaches the rubble of the lost kingdom of Kôr, he is summoned into the presence of the immortal Queen Ayesha, "she-who-must-be-obeyed", and is requested to lead her army into battle against the dreaded kingdom of Rezu. A spellbinding tale of supernatural fiction, She and Allan is one of the most intriguing and exotic works of early 20th century Fantasy.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of She and Allan is both modern and readable.

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