She

Contemporary writers and filmmakers who take readers into lost worlds filled with both wonder and danger have much to owe Henry Rider Haggard, author of the best-selling She, an adventure novel which has, since its debut as a serial in 1886, never gone out of print. It tells the story of Horace Holly and a young man in his charge, Leo, whom he was long ago tasked with raising and whose mysterious ancestry forms the basis for their encounter with the all-powerful She, or She-who-must-be-obeyed. Modern readers will delight in the fantastical story, whose influence today is undeniable.