King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people's excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa.Haggard wrote the novel in a very short period, between six and sixteen months, on a bet with his brother to try to match Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. In the process he created a new literary genre known as the "e;Lost World"e; genre, which would later influence other writers like Arthur Conan Doyle and H. P. Lovecraft.The book tells the tale of Allan Quatermain, an adventurer and hunter, who is approached by Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good to help them find Curtis' lost brother, who went missing while trying to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines.This book has spawned multiple adaptations in the form of movies, comics, and TV shows.Perfect for readers who crave heart-pounding adventure and exotic exploration, this groundbreaking novel delivers non-stop thrills as Allan Quatermain leads a perilous expedition into uncharted African territory in search of legendary treasure. As the book that launched the entire "e;Lost World"e; genre and inspired countless adventure stories, King Solomon's Mines remains an essential read for anyone who loves tales of daring quests, hidden riches, and the ultimate triumph of courage over impossible odds.The source for this public-domain ebook is Standard Ebooks (standardebooks.org). Ebooks from other sources often have typos, inconsistent spelling, missing accent marks, and missing punctuation. Ebooks from Standard Ebooks are proofread line by line against a scan of the original printed pages, then proofread again from cover to cover. They are also formatted and typeset following a professional-grade style manual, resulting in new editions supporting state-of-the-art ereader technology: automatic hyphenation, popup footnotes, complete and consistent metadata, high-resolution and scalable vector graphics, and ereader-compatible tables of contents. All of this makes the finished ebooks accurate, functional, and beautiful, a pleasure to read. (Waking Lion Press is not affiliated with or endorsed by Standard Ebooks.)