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Jess
Henry Rider Haggard
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To all of which prattle Jess said nothing, but merely reiterated her determination to go.
John, too, was astonished, and, to tell the truth, not a little disgusted. Since the previous day, when he had that talk with her in Lion Kloof, Jess had assumed a clearer and more definite interest in his eyes. Before that she was an enigma; now he had guessed enough about her to make him anxious to know more. Indeed, he had not perhaps realised how st. . . Read More
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As a boy I loved the ripping yarn stories of Rider Haggard (King Solomon’s Mines, Nada the Lily, Alan Quartermaine, etc). I had not read a Haggard book for 50 years. I stumbled across Jess when sorting books for the charity shop and decided to read it.
Unfortunately time has not been kind and I foun
This right here is my favourite piece of literature of all time
H. Rider Haggard is probably best known for his fantasy-adventure stories of imaginary peoples in unknown lands. This one is romance-adventure in a known land -- known to Rider Haggard anyway -- the Transvaal before, during and after the First Anglo-Boer War.
Rider Haggard was there, for at least p
John liked Bess but John loved JESS
the story of the novel is more like a typica bangla cinema, so frustrating from a genius writer like henry haggard
Человек живёт ради преодоления противоречий. Он специально создаёт условия для невыносимого существования. И всегда исходит в воззрениях от занимаемой им территории. Для уходящих поколений распри потомков редко становятся понятными, поскольку молодёжь стремится обособиться, заявив о праве на самосто
"Jess" was first published in the UK in March 1887, and was H. Rider Haggard's 5th novel out of 58. Haggard wrote this book toward the end of 1885...and, remarkably, in just nine weeks! But then again, this is the same man who, earlier in 1885, was able to write the astounding sequel to "King Solomo
I read this book purely because of its name and because of the way I found it.
The main character is not only called Jess, but her surname was Croft (half of my maiden name).
The book was found for me, by-chance, by a friend of mine in a tiny book shop.
It took a while to get in to and really should b
হ্যাগার্ডের লেখা এই বইটাই সর্বপ্রথম পড়েছিলাম। পরে আরো দুই-তিনবার পড়েছি। প্রতিবার বইয়ের শেষ অংশটুকু পড়ার পর মন খারাপ হয়ে গেছে। হ্যাপি এন্ডিং বলা যেতে পারে। দীর্ঘশ্বাস মাখা হ্যাপি এন্ডিং।