In England alone King Solomon's Mines sold 31,000 copies during the first year and established Haggard as a writer of the adventure fiction genre (Butts 7). The aim of this thesis is to prove that despite the fact that the stories of the adventure fiction genre usually focus on the male characters and their power1, the female characters in Haggard's novels turn out to be the very opposite of passive. ... In my thesis, I will first examine the historical background of the novels and the definition of the adventure fiction genre into which most of Haggard's works belong. ... His...

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• Grade Level: High School

The context of the articles written in FHM is delivered in terms of the genre style of the magazine. ... This metaphoric way of writing has given the city animal attributes, creating a sense of urgency and impending danger. ...

• Word Count: 1938
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate