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king solomon's mines
Title: king solomon's mines
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 1271 | Pages: 5.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
king solomon's mines
Henry Rider Haggard sets out to create an epic tale of courage, a breathtaking drama that attempts to capture, within its limits, the universal spirit of adventure. He appeals in particular to the proverbial young male that seeks an audacious inspiration in life by which to model his own. He entices his readers because his motives lie simply in his desire to entertain, to delight, and to enthrall anyone with a prolific imagination. However, this …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…transparent eye,” “half-haired face,” and “vanishing teeth” (118 Haggard). By the end of the novel we see all strings tied, imparting a sense of conclusive triumph without controversy. Haggard’s audience gets exactly what it wants, the black evil doers are vanquished; peace, justice, and tranquility are returned to Kukuana land; our deserving white and pseudo-white heroes are the benefactors of the plunders of Solomon’s fabled mines; and we as readers are left thoroughly entertained.
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