The World's Desire

by H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang

Overview

The World’s Desire begins with Odysseus utterly alone. His kingdom of Ithaca is an empty, abandoned wasteland. His beloved wife Penelope is dead. His patron goddess Athena has forsaken him.

But then Aphrodite visits Odysseus and sends him on a quest to find the world’s desire, the face that launched a thousand ships: the woman he once knew as Helen of Troy. Armed with his legendary bow, Odysseus’s final journey takes him to a court riven by murderous factions, ruled by a queen who is haunted by dreams of Odysseus’s face . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454947240
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Series:	Rediscovered Classics
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	667,871
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sir H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines (1885).
 
Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang Lecture series at the University of St. Andrews is named after him.
 

Table of Contents

Book I.
I.	The Silent Isle	3
II.	The Vision of the World's Desire	14
III.	The Slaying of the Sidonians	23
IV.	The Blood-Red Sea	37
V.	Meriamun the Queen	46
VI.	The Story of Meriamun	54
VII.	The Queen's Vision	66
VIII.	The Ka, the Rat, and the Khou	74
Book II.
I.	The Prophets of the Apura	91
II.	The Night of Dread	102
III.	The Baths of Bronze	116
IV.	The Queen's Chamber	133
V.	The Chapel Perilous	143
VI.	The Wardens of the Gate	155
VII.	The Shadow in the Sunlight	168
VIII.	The Loosing of the Spirit of Rei	178
IX.	The Waking of the Sleeper	187
X.	The Oath of the Wanderer	200
XI.	The Waking of the Wanderer	211
Book III.
I.	The Vengeance of Kurri	220
II.	The Coming of Pharaoh	232
III.	The Bed of Torment	243
IV.	Pharaoh's Dream	256
V.	The Voice of the Dead	265
VI.	The Burning of the Shrine	280
VII.	The Last Fight of Odysseus, Laertes' son	290
VIII.	'Till Odysseus Comes!'	303