The People of the Mist
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H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, (1856-1925) commonly known as H. Rider Haggard was an English author active during the Victorian era. Considered a pioneer of the lost world genre, Haggard was known for his adventure fiction. His work often depicted African settings inspired by the seven years he lived in South Africa with his family. In 1880, Haggard married Marianna Louisa Margitson and together they had four children, one of which followed her father’s footsteps and became an author. Haggard is still widely read today, and is celebrated for his imaginative wit and impact on 19th century adventure literature.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5When I was a teenager a novel by Haggard called Wisdom's Daughter caught my eye. I loved that historical fantasy set in Ancient Egypt and bought up every Haggard book I could find, one book short of a dozen. It's decades later, they were still on my shelves, and I found I could vividly remember all but two--Heart of the World and People of the Mist. That puts People of the Mist at the bottom of the pile for me--although for what it's worth, I did like this more than Heart of the World.Haggard's style is probably not going to be congenial to the average contemporary reader. I've seen it called "overwritten" and it can be stiff and melodramatic. Once you've read a few of his books, you can begin to see them as formulaic. Leonard and Juanna, the hero and heroine of the novel, aren't as memorable as Alan Quartermain (a ancestor of Indiana Jones) or Ayesha (aka She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed) but I did find them interesting, even if not completely fleshed out figures. You don't read Haggard the way you do Hardy or Eliot for great prose about the Human Condition (tm). And yes, there is racial and gender stereotyping--some may feel offended at Haggard's tendency to call people of pre-industrial cultures "savages." But he's only as bad as his (Victorian) times--not, like say Lovecraft, worse. What you do read Haggard for is adventures in colorful settings. There's hardly a page not filled with action, and he's the king of the tale of the "lost civilization." So yes, I was entertained. I wouldn't chose this as my first Haggard book--I'd recommend instead one of the Ayesha novels (Wisdom's Daughter, She) or Alan Quartermain (such as the ever-popular King Solomon's Mines or his Viking tale Eric Brighteyes. But if you do then find Haggard fun, this is worth a try.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Rather bombastic and too contrived. Nothing more than a story to pass brainless hours. One very positive note: use of some excellent vocabulary.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This had exciting parts interspersed with somewhat duller episodes, though the climax of the main plot was as gripping as anything else I have read by the author. I found the main two characters unsympathetic and the black servant Otter tby far the most likeable character (followed by the priest Francisco). Otter accompanies the hero and his bride back to England at the end, but even though they obviously like him and even admire him to some extent, they still treat him like a well loved pet dog rather than a fellow human. A sign of the times of course and the attitude towards Africans here is not as negative as in some other works of the time, but sad even so.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A non-series tale in which Leonard Outram of an old English family is ruined and goes to Africa to seek his fortune, which he eventually finds.