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2	->''"As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me."''
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4	Sir Henry Rider Haggard [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever KBE]] (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), English writer of adventure stories, often set in Africa (he had spent seven years in South Africa as a young man).
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6	His two best-known novels are ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'', in which a group of Englishmen, guided by the hunter Allan Quatermain, go in search of the eponymous treasure chamber; and ''Literature/{{She}}'', in which Leo Vincey and Horace Holly are guided by a Vincey heirloom to a lost African kingdom ruled by the immortal queen Ayesha, whose subjects call her "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed". Both have numerous prequels and sequels -- including (perhaps inevitably) ''She and Allan'', which is a prequel to both -- and both have been filmed multiple times.
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8	!!Works by H. Rider Haggard with their own trope page include:
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10	* ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' and sequels
11	* ''Literature/{{She}}'' and sequels
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13	!!H. Rider Haggard's other works include examples of:
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15	* CouldntFindAPen: In ''Literature/MrMeesonsWill'', a dying millionaire trapped on a desert island has his will tattooed on the back of a fellow castaway.
16	* DarkestAfrica
17	* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: In ''Literature/MaryOfMarionIsle''
18	* EmbarrassingTattoo: The heroine of ''Mr Meeson's Will'' has the eponymous will [[HumanNotepad tattooed on her back]] after she and Meeson are stranded on a desert island with no writing materials. At the end of the novel, her new husband comments on what an immense sacrifice this was for a young Victorian lady, as it meant she could never be presented at court, where she would have to wear an off-the-shoulder gown.
19	* HumanNotepad: The heroine of ''Mr Meeson's Will'' has the eponymous will tattooed on her back after she and Meeson are stranded on a desert island with no writing materials.
20	* JungleOpera
21	* LostWorld: Haggard was one of the trope makers.
22	* MightyWhitey: In ''Literature/MontezumasDaughter'', an Englishman leads Mexican natives in their struggle against Spanish colonizers.
23	* RaisedByWolves: Galazi the Wolf in ''Literature/NadaTheLily'' claims to have been raised by jackals , and everything we see in the novel bears out this claim. Creator/RudyardKipling acknowledged Galazi as one his inspirations for creating Mowgli in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
24	* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Several of Haggard's novels, such as ''Nada the Lily'', are titled after the hero's LoveInterest, even if she is not not the main focus of the novel.
25	* SeductiveMummy: Ma-Mee from ''Literature/SmithAndThePharaohs''.

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