num_pages: 68
description: H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entertained generations of readers since its first publication in 1885. Following a mysterious map of dubious reliability, a small group of men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend-and a lost treasure, the fabled mines of King Solomon. Led by the English adventurer and fortune hunter Allan Quartermain, they discover a frozen corpse, survive untold dangers in remote mountains and deserts, and encounter the merciless King Twala en route to the legendary hoard of diamonds.
language: English
title: King Solomon's Mines
titlecomplete: King Solomon's Mines (Penguin Readers, Level 4)
characters: Good, Thomas Wingfield, Sir Henry Curtis, Allan Quatermain, Umbopa/Ignosi
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, Historical, Historical Fiction, Africa, Fantasy, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 48434
places: Mexico, South Africa, Zimbabwe
series: Allan Quatermain, Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas
publisher: Pearson Education ESL