#109 in Adventure
King Solomon's Mines
- 194
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“King Solomon’s Mines” is the adventure novel from which the lost-world story descends, and it still entertains. H. Rider Haggard sends Allan Quatermain and his companions across unexplored Africa in search of a missing brother, with so much detail that the invented country feels real. Some readers enjoy the tale while wincing at the attitudes of its era.
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About the book
King Solomon's Mines is an 1885 popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist H. Rider Haggard. Published by Cassell and Company, it tells of an expedition through an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain, searching for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre. It is the first of fourteen novels and four short stories by Haggard about Allan Quatermain.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 158 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 52% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 30 | 19% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 128 | 81% |
Frequently asked
How long is King Solomon's Mines?
It has 194 pages — shorter than 93% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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