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1、TheAncientAllanHaggard,HenryRiderPublished:1920Type(s):Novels,AdventureSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutHaggard:HenryRiderHaggardwasbornatBradenham,Norfolk,toSirWilliamMeybohmRiderHaggard,abarrister,andEllaDoveton,anauthorandpoet.Hewastheeighthoften
2、children.HewasinitiallysenttoGarsing-tonRectoryinOxfordshiretostudyundertheReverendH.J.Grahambut,unlikehisolderbrotherswhograduatedfromvariousPublicSchools,heendedupattendingIpswichGrammarSchool.Thiswasbe-causehisfather,whoregardedhimassomebodywhowasnot
3、goingtoamounttomuch,couldnolongeraffordtomaintainhisexpensiveprivateeducation.Afterfailinghisarmyentranceexamhewassenttoaprivate‘crammer’inLondontopreparefortheentranceexamfortheBritishForeignOffice,whichintheendheneversat.InsteadHaggard’sfathersenthimt
4、oAfricainanunpaidpositionasassistanttothesecret-arytotheLieutenant-GovernorofNatal,SirHenryBulwer.ItwasinthisrolethatHaggardwaspresentinPretoriafortheofficialannouncementoftheBritishannexationoftheBoerRepublicoftheTransvaal.Infact,HaggardraisedtheUnionF
5、lagandwasforcedtoreadoutmuchoftheproclamationfollowingthelossofvoiceoftheofficialoriginallyentrus-tedwiththeduty.Asayoungman,HaggardfelldeeplyinlovewithLi-lithJackson,whomheintendedtomarryonceheobtainedpaidemploy-mentinSouthAfrica.In1878hebecameRegistra
6、roftheHighCourtintheTransvaal,butwhenhesenthisfatheralettertellinghimthathein-tendedtoreturntoEnglandinordertomarryLilithJacksonhisfatherrepliedthatheforbadeituntilhehadmadeacareerforhimself.In1879heheardthatLilithhadmarriedsomeoneelse.Whenheeventuallyr
7、e-turnedtoEnglandhemarriedafriendofhissister,MarianaLouisaMar-gitsonandbroughtherbacktoAfrica.LatertheyhadasonnamedJock(whodiedofmeaslesattheageof10)andthreedaughters.ReturningagaintoEnglandin1882,thecouplesettledinDitchingham,Norfolk.LaterhelivedinKess
8、inglandandhadconnectionswiththechurchinBungay,Suffolk.Heturnedtothestudyoflawandwascalledtothebarin1884.Hispracticeoflawwassomewhatdesultory,andmuchofhistimewastakenupbythewritingofnovels.Heavilyinfluencedbythelarger-than-lifeadv