Nada the Lily
H. Rider Haggard's Nada the Lily (1890) is a mythic fiction and adventure fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in Zululand, South Africa. Key subjects include south africa and indigenous.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 9 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 280 editions across 6 languages.
It runs to roughly 295 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace. A free LibriVox audiobook (13 h 15 min) is available.
About Nada the Lily
A classic tale of love and revenge set in the Zulu Kingdom of present-day KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. A work of fiction loosely woven around actual historical events, Nada the Lily is unusual in the literature of the British empire for its cast of entirely black African characters. Narrated by Mopo, witch-doctor to the legendary Zulu king, Chaka, and featuring a spectral wolf pack and a cave that becomes a tomb, the novel continues in the spirit of the Alan Quatermain novels that made H. Rider Haggard the best-selling author of the nineteenth century. Nada the Lily was republished in the 1970s as the twentieth volume in the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library, which included nine of Haggard's works. - Summary by Phil Benson
Free audiobook
Nada the Lily — LibriVox recording, 13 h 15 min in 37 sections.
Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.
Quick answers
Who wrote Nada the Lily?
Nada the Lily was written by H. Rider Haggard and first published in 1890.
What genre is Nada the Lily?
It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction, Adventure, Classic Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore.
How long is Nada the Lily?
The median edition has 295 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is there a free audiobook of Nada the Lily?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 13 h 15 min.
What books are similar to Nada the Lily?
Readers who like it often enjoy The king of the Golden River; or, The black brothers, Dracula and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass.
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