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| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Amy Sawyer |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
| Publication date | 1895 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Heart of the World is an 1895 book by H. Rider Haggard about a lost Mayan city in Mexico. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the tenth volume of the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September 1976.
Illustrations
Amy Sawyer illustrated the book. Of the many artists who produced over a thousand images to accompany his works, Sawyer was the only woman to illustrate a work by Haggard during his lifetime.
Reception
In his study of early science fiction, E. F. Bleiler described Heart of the World as "rich in detail, ingenious and well plotted, but weak in characterization at times. Bleiler also wrote that the novel's "moral message" and its "sense of tragedy" were both "powerfully conveyed".
References
- ^ Bleiler, Everett. (1990). Science Fiction:The Early Years. Kent State: Kent State University Press. p. 321-322. ISBN 9780873384162.
- "LITERATURE". Australian Town and Country Journal. NSW. 10 October 1896. p. 44. Retrieved 19 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- Holterhoff, Kate (2023). "Romance Fiction, Folk Tales, and Poetry: Amy Sawyer and the Arts and Crafts Movement". In Devereux, Joanna (ed.). Nineteenth-Century Women Illustrators and Cartoonists. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526161697. JSTOR jj.3078856.17. OCLC 1379265686.
External links
- Heart of the World (novel) at Project Gutenberg
Heart of the World public domain audiobook at LibriVox- Images and bibliographic information for various editions of Heart of the World at SouthAfricaBooks.com
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