novelnovelThe World's DesireThe World's Desirehttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/theWorldCollierCover.jpgThe World's Desire, co-written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, is a continuation of the Odysseus myth. In this romance, Aphrodite compels Odysseus to leave his ruined home in Ithaca in pursuit of Helen of Troy, h...<span style="font-style:italic;">The World's Desire</span>, co-written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, is a continuation of the Odysseus myth. In this romance, Aphrodite compels Odysseus to leave his ruined home in Ithaca in pursuit of Helen of Troy, his love before Penelope. Helen resides in Egypt during the time of the Mosaic Exodus, so Odysseus witnesses many of the plagues and miracles recorded in the Old Testament. <span style="font-style:italic;">WD</span> was first serialized in <span style="font-style:italic;">The New Review</span> from April through December 1890. Although Longmans, Green, and Co., London, published the first edition of <span style="font-style:italic;">WD</span> on 5 November 1890, the Longmans, London, 1894 edition was the first with illustrations. The 1894 Longmans features a new preface by Haggard and Lang as well as 27 illustrations by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/4">Maurice Greiffenhagen</a>. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of <span style="font-style:italic;">WD</span> illustrated by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/50">Geoffrey Whittam</a> in 1953. <h4>Further Reading</h4> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Haggard, H. Rider. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Days of My Life, An Autobiography</span>. 2 Vols. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. I: 280. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Pocock, Tom. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire</span>. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 76, 165. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Whatmore, D.E.. <span style="font-style:italic;">H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography</span>. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F13, 22-23. Print.</p>
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The World's Desire
The World's Desire, co-written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, is a continuation of the Odysseus myth. In this romance, Aphrodite compels Odysseus to leave his ruined home in Ithaca in pursuit of Helen of Troy, his love before Penelope. Helen resides in Egypt during the time of the Mosaic Exodus, so Odysseus witnesses many of the plagues and miracles recorded in the Old Testament. WD was first serialized in The New Review from April through December 1890. Although Longmans, Green, and Co., London, published the first edition of WD on 5 November 1890, the Longmans, London, 1894 edition was the first with illustrations. The 1894 Longmans features a new preface by Haggard and Lang as well as 27 illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of WD illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam in 1953.
Further Reading
Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life, An Autobiography. 2 Vols. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. I: 280. Print.
Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 76, 165. Print.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F13, 22-23. Print.
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'Art thou there, friend?' cried the wanderer
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Did the goddess indeed send thee to seek me out?
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Hataska drank, and instantly, with a great cry, she fell dead across the board.
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Slowly she drew away, while he followed her, awful to see.
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On the knees of Osiris sat the body of the Pharaoh Meneptah.
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Hataska! Hataska! Hataska!
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Dead is thy son, o Pharaoh!
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The wanderer was bending over a small brazier.
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Down this road hurried a multitude of men of all races and of every age. Here the prince was borne along in his litter; here the young noble travelled in his chariot.
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The torn web fell.
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And they whispered each to each.
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They rushed upon the wanderer like wolves upon a stag at bay.
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Then madness came upon him.
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For these were the tormentors.
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Thou art not the first who hath turned aside a messenger from the gods.
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There she stood in the heart of the fire.
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Now the mighty host of the nine-bows rolled back, thinned and shattered.
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By his side stood the golden Helen.
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'Endure, my heart,' he cried.
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'Oh, thou evil woman.'
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'Whom hast thou longed for most, true love of mine?'
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Then his strength was shaken with sobbing.
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Then he knew... that death came upon him from the water.
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The silent isle.
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And they sped rejoicing in the sunlight.
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Yet they did not easily master him; but ..... they overpowered him by main force at last.
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'Art thou there, friend!' cried the wanderer.
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