Она. Айша

V ocherednoĭ tom Genri Raĭdera Khaggarda vkhodi͡at dva besspornykh shedevra prikli͡uchencheskogo zhanra - "Ona" i "Aĭsha", stoi͡ashchie takzhe u istokov zhanra fėntezi. Pervyĭ roman byl napisan bukvalʹno na odnom dykhanii, za kakikh-to poltora mesi͡at͡sa. Khaggard ele pospeval za rukoĭ, rasskazyvai͡a istorii͡u mogushchestvennoĭ beloĭ zhenshchiny, pravi͡ashcheĭ tainstvennym narodom, zateri͡annym v nedrakh Afriki. Nesmotri͡a na i͡avnyĭ uspekh, pisatelʹ otodvinul sozdanie vtorogo romana na t͡selykh 18 let. Imenno stolʹko vremeni dolzhno bylo proĭti posle sobytiĭ pervoĭ knigi. Svoi vostorgi ot ėtoĭ istorii vyskazyvali mnogie izvestnye pisateli i uchenye ot Kiplinga i Konan Doĭla do I͡Unga i Freĭda. Ėdgar Raĭs Berrouz i Dzh.R.R. Tolkin priznavali silʹnoe vlii͡anie ėtikh romanov i na svoe tvorchestvo. K seredine XX veka roman "Ona" byl pereveden na 44 i͡azyka, a chislo pereizdaniĭ prevysilo 80 millionov ėkzempli͡arov. Dannoe izdanie soprovozhdeno redkimi illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami iz pervykh zhurnalʹnykh i gazetnykh publikat͡siĭ.

The next volume of Henry Rider Haggard includes two indisputable masterpieces of the adventure genre — "She" and "Aisha", which are also at the origins of the fantasy genre. The first novel was written literally in one go, in just a month and a half. Haggard could barely keep up with his hand, telling the story of a powerful white woman ruling a mysterious people lost in the bowels of Africa. Despite the obvious success, the writer postponed the creation of a second novel for as many as 18 years. That's how much time should have passed after the events of the first book. Many famous writers and scientists from Kipling and Conan Doyle to Jung and Freud expressed their enthusiasm for this story. Edgar Rice Burroughs and J.R.R. Tolkien recognized the strong influence of these novels on their work. By the middle of the 20th century, the novel "She" had been translated into 44 languages, and the number of reprints exceeded 80 million copies. This edition is accompanied by rare illustrations from the first magazine and newspaper publications.