Free eBook

The World's Desire

By H. Rider Haggard & Andrew Lang

2019-11-11 18:06:21

The World's Desire is a fantasy novel first published in 1890 and written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang. It was published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fortieth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in January 1972. The World' ... Read more
The World's Desire is a fantasy novel first published in 1890 and written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang. It was published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fortieth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in January 1972. The World's Desire is the story of the hero Odysseus, mainly referred to as "the Wanderer" for the bulk of the novel. Odysseus returns home to Ithaca after his second, unsung journey. He is hoping to find a "home at peace, wife dear and true and his son worthy of him". Unfortunately, he does not find any of the three, instead his home is ravaged by a plague and his wife Penelope has been slain. As he grieves, he is visited by an old flame, Helen of Troy, for whom the novel is named. Less

Book Details

File size186.973 KB
Print pages239
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1374838727

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free