History Literature / She

* BloodFromTheMouth[=/=]IncurableCoughOfDeath: Leo's father is in the end stages of tuberculosis when he gets Holly to promise to be Leo's guardian.

* MeaningfulName: All over the place. Leo = lion, Holly = low but tough scrub tree, Job = long-suffering everyman. Leo's last name, Vincey, is a corruption of the Latin for "avenger." "Kallikrates" combines the Greek words for "beautiful" and "strong." (Holly asked Haggard to disguise their true identities when he published the manuscript, so this is justified).

* {{Reincarnation}}[=/=]ReincarnationRomance: Leo Vincey is apparently the reincarnation of Kallikrates, a man Ayesha loved and lost centuries ago. Ayesha for her part is determined to claim Leo as her lover after spending two thousand years hanging out with the corpse of Kallikrates.

* BedlahBabe / FanserviceExtra: The opening scene of the 1965 film finds Leo, Holly, and Job in a Cairo bar taking in some [[BellyDancer Belly Dancers]]. One of the dancers apparently decided to up the {{Fanservice}} factor by going with pasties over her nipples rather than any kind of bra. (In 1965!)

* HoneyTrap/ LoveAtFirstSight / MinionWithAnFInEvil: In the 1965 film, Ustane leads Leo into a kidnapping--but she falls in love with him immediately and tries to warn him off at the last second.

* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: Leo's father passes his son and the family revenge quest onto Holly; Holly in turn passes his manuscript to Haggard after a chance meeting.

* IOweYouMyLife: Billali's attitude to Holly after he saves him from drowning.

* MeaningfulName: All over the place. Leo = lion, Holly = low but tough scrub tree, Job = long-suffering everyman. Leo's last name, Vincey, is a corruption of the Latin for "avenger." "Kallikrates" combines the Greek words for "beautiful" and "strong." (Holly asked Haggard to disguise their true identities when he published the manuscript, so this is justified).

''She'' was Haggard's second big success after ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'', and was followed by a sequel and two prequels, one the story of Ayesha's early life and the other an InevitableCrossover in which the protagonist of ''King Solomon's Mines'' visits the hidden valley. It has been filmed multiple times, including a 1965 [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer Film Productions]] movie starring Ursula Andress as Ayesha, Creator/PeterCushing as Holly, and Creator/ChristopherLee as Bilali (one of the tribesmen who worship She).

* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Ayesha's quarters are located within the catacombs of Kor, a sophisticated ancient civilization that had already been abandoned when she found it two thousand years ago, and had existed for at least four thousand years before that. Later she leads Leo, Holly, and Job through the ruins of the ancient city of Kor.

* BloodFromTheMouth / IncurableCoughOfDeath: Leo's father is in the end stages of tuberculosis when he gets Holly to promise to be Leo's guardian.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: The shock of seeing She age 2000 years in a minute or two causes Leo's hair to instantly go white.

* MeaningfulName: All over the place. Leo = lion, Holly = low but tough scrub tree, Job = long-suffering everyman. "Kallikrates" combines the Greek words for "beautiful" and "strong."

* {{Reincarnation}} / ReincarnationRomance: Leo Vincey is apparently the reincarnation of Kallikrates, a man Ayesha loved and lost centuries ago. Ayesha for her part is determined to claim Leo as her lover after spending two thousand years hanging out with the corpse of Kallikrates.

* ImAHumanitarian: Some of the Amahagger tribe try to eat Mahomed, Leo and Holly's African servant.

* MightyWhitey: She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, immortal ruler of a primitive African tribe, is white, and the book implies that white people made up the oldest civilizations. Ayesha has nothing but contempt for her subjects.

* BedlahBabe / FanserviceExtra: The opening scene of the 1965 film finds Leo, Holly, and Job in a Cairo bar taking in some belly dancers. One of the dancers apparently decided to up the {{Fanservice}} factor by going with pasties over her nipples rather than any kind of bra. (In 1965!)

* DeathByChildbirth: Leo's mother, which is why Leo's father didn't have anything to do with him. In his final letter he apologizes to his now grown son for that, and assures him that had he, the father, lived he would have gotten over it.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Leo and Ayesha and in due course Holly joins them after leaving a record of their adventures.]]

''She'' was Haggard's second big success after ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'', and was followed by a sequel and two prequels, one the story of Ayesha's early life and the other an InevitableCrossover in which the protagonist of ''King Solomon's Mines'' visits the hidden valley. It has been filmed multiple times, including a 1965 [[HammerHorror Hammer Film Productions]] movie starring Ursula Andress as Ayesha, Creator/PeterCushing as Holly, and Creator/ChristopherLee as Bilali (one of the tribesmen who worship She).

* DecadentCourt: The royal court of Kaloon definitely qualifies. The king is a psychopath and the queen is a sociopath and their counselors and associates are about what you'd expect.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: There have been maybe three or four people in her extremely long life that Ayesha has genuinely cared about. And there's Leo Vincey.
* EvilIsNotWellLit: She lives in catacombs lit by oil lamps.

* HowtheMightyAreFallen: Oh ''poor'' She! Payback truly bites.

* HowTheMightyAreFallen: Oh ''poor'' She! Payback truly bites.

* HowTheMightAreFallen: Oh ''poor'' She! Payback truly bites.

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Holly does not go into detail about how busty She is though it is safe to assume that 'most gracious form' is Victorian-speak for 'stacked'. But She does demonstrate to Holly that he can encircle her waist with his hands.

* GreedyJew: Holly gives She a little update of the last two thousand years or so of Western civilization, which includes an unpleasant passage blaming Jews for killing Jesus. She then describes Jews as "greedy of gain" and "greedy of aught that brought them wealth and power".

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Holly does not go into detail about how busty She is, beyond generally admiring her form, but She does demonstrate to Holly that he can encircle her waist with his hands.

* DeathByChildbirth: Leo's mother, which is why Leo's father didn't have anything to do with him.

''She'' was Haggard's second big success after ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'', and was followed by a sequel and two prequels, one the story of Ayesha's early life and the other an InevitableCrossover in which the protagonist of ''King Solomon's Mines'' visits the hidden valley. It has been filmed multiple times, including a 1965 [[HammerHorror Hammer Film Productions]] movie starring [[Film/DrNo Ursula Andress]] as Ayesha, Creator/PeterCushing as Holly, and Creator/ChristopherLee as Bilali (one of the tribesmen who worship She).