King Solomon's Mines
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King Solomon's Mines is an 1885 adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard that follows explorer Allan Quatermain on a perilous expedition into unexplored African territory in search of a legendary treasure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Solomon's Mines canonical | 15 |
| King Solomon's Mines (1985 film) | 1 |
| King Solomon's Mines (concept) | 1 |
| novel "King Solomon’s Mines" (inspiration for frontier mythos) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
adventure novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)
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King Solomon's Mines (1950 film score) ⓘ
surface form:
King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)
King Solomon's Mines (1985 film) ⓘ King Solomon's Mines (TV miniseries, 2004) ⓘ |
| author | H. Rider Haggard ⓘ |
| containsElement |
hidden treasure
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lost kingdom ⓘ royal succession struggle ⓘ tribal warfare ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | three-volume edition ⓘ |
| followedBy | Allan Quatermain ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
lost world fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain John Good
ⓘ
Gagool ⓘ Sir Henry Curtis ⓘ Twala ⓘ Umbopa ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Walter Paget ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Indiana Jones franchise
ⓘ
adventure pulp fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForQuest | search for Sir Henry Curtis's lost brother ⓘ |
| hasPart |
discovery of Kukuanaland
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journey across desert ⓘ search for King Solomon's treasure ⓘ |
| influenced | lost world genre ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | African exploration ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Allan Quatermain ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrator | Allan Quatermain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest African adventure novels in English
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popularizing the treasure-hunt adventure formula ⓘ |
| originalAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Cassell
ⓘ
surface form:
Cassell & Company
|
| setting | Africa ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial attitudes
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courage ⓘ friendship ⓘ greed ⓘ imperialism ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King Solomon's Mines (concept)
this entity surface form:
King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)
this entity surface form:
novel "King Solomon’s Mines" (inspiration for frontier mythos)