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The world's desire

The World's Desire is a classic fantasy novel written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, first published in 1890. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fortieth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in January, 1972. The World's Desire is the story of the hero, Odysseus after his return from his untold second journey. Odysseus returns to his home, Ithaca, ravaged by a plague, his wife Penelope seemingly slain. Odysseus then sets out on his last quest ...

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  • "Zhou shi xiong di he yi wen ji"
  • "周氏兄弟合译文集"

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  • "The World's Desire is a classic fantasy novel written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, first published in 1890. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fortieth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in January, 1972. The World's Desire is the story of the hero, Odysseus after his return from his untold second journey. Odysseus returns to his home, Ithaca, ravaged by a plague, his wife Penelope seemingly slain. Odysseus then sets out on his last quest ..."@en
  • "Picking up where Homer left off, this 1890 collaboration tells the story of Odysseus after the death of his wife, Penelope. The widowed Odysseus is visited by Helen of Troy, and sent on a journey that brings him to Egypt and Queen Meriamun, who desires him for herself."@en
  • "The World's Desire is a classic fantasy novel first published in 1890 and written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang. 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. Helen leads him to equip himself with the Bow of Eurytus and embark on his last journey. This is an exhausting journey in which he encounters a Pharaoh who is wed to a murderess beauty, a holy and helpful priest, and his own fate. This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer."

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  • "Translations"
  • "Fantasy fiction, English"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure stories, English"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantasy literature"@en
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy"

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  • "El deseo del mundo"@es
  • "The world's desire"
  • "The world's desire"@en
  • "The World's desire"
  • "World's Desire"
  • "The world's desire In 2 vol"
  • "Lōkayē āśava"
  • "The world's desire a tale of old Egypt full of marvels and adventures"@en
  • "The world's desire a tale of old Egypt full of marvels and adventures"
  • "The world's desire a novel"@en
  • "Hong xing yi shi : Zhou shi xiong di he yi wen ji"
  • "The world's desire : Illustr. by Geoffrey Whittam"
  • "The World's Desire"@en
  • "The World's Desire"
  • "World's desire"
  • "World's desire"@en
  • "The World's Desire, etc"@en
  • "The World's Desire Extended Annotated Edition"
  • "红星佚史"
  • "紅星佚史"
  • "World's desire, a novel"@en
  • "红星佚史 : 周氏兄弟合译文集"
  • "The world's desire : in two volumes"
  • "The world's desire; a novel"@en
  • "The world's desire : a tale of old Egypt full of marvels and adventures"@en
  • "The World's Desire. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam"@en
  • "The world's desire : a novel"@en
  • "The world's desire : a novel"
  • "Hong xing yi shi"
  • "The world's desire, a novel"@en
  • "Mechta mira : roman"
  • "[The World's Desire.]"
  • "[The World's Desire.]"@en

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