She: A History of Adventure
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 Title page of first book edition of She
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| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
| Illustrator | E.K. Johnson (Graphic) Maurice Greiffenhagen & C.H.M. Kerr (1888 ed) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ayesha Series |
| Genre | Fantasy Adventure Romance Gothic |
| Publisher | Longmans |
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Publication date
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1887 |
| Media type | Print (serial, hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 317 (1887 hardback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Followed by | Ayesha, the Return of She |
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She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by Henry Rider Haggard, first serialised in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and as of 1965 with over 83 million copies sold in 44 different languages,[1] one of the best-selling books of all time. Extraordinarily popular upon its release, She has never been out of print. According to the literary historian Andrew M. Stauffer, "She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this regard".
「She洞窟の女王」（副題A History of Adventure冒険の物語）
1886年10月から1887年1月までグラフィックのマガジンの中で最初に連続したヘンリー・ライダー・ハガードの小説です。
彼女は、44の異なる言語、すべての時間のベストセラーの[1]1で売られた8300万以上のコピーを備えた文学の、および1965時点での古典のうちの1人です。
そのリリースで非常にポピュラーなので、彼女は印刷が不足していません。
文学史研究家アンドリューM.シュタウファーによれば、「彼女はソロモン王の洞窟によってのみこの点に関して挑戦されて、常にライダー・ハガードの最もポピュラーで最も影響力のある小説でした。」
The story is a first-person narrative that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior.
内容は一人称で書かれ、アフリカの内部の失われた王国へ向かうホーレス・ホリーおよび彼の被後見人レオヴィンシイの物語です。
There, they encounter直面する a primitive原始時代 race of natives and a mysterious white queen, Ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful "She女王", or "服従しなければならぬお方She-who-must-be-obeyed". In this work, Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the Lost World sub-genre, which many later authors emulated.[2]
そこで、それらは、自国の人の原始的な住民および不思議な白人女王(アーイシャ)、「彼女」あるいは「服従しなければならぬお方」としての統治に遭遇します。
この仕事では、ライダー・ハガードは、失われた世界サブジャンルの協定を開発しました。多くの後の著者がそれを模倣と（張り合う）しました。[2]
She is placed firmly in the imperialist literature of nineteenth-century England, and inspired〉〔ある感情・思想を〕起こさせる 抱かせるby Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism. The story expresses numerous racial and evolutionary conceptions of the late Victorians, especially notions of degeneration and racial decline prominent during the fin de siècle. In the figure of She, the novel notably explored themes of female authority and feminine behaviour. It has received praise and criticism alike for its representation of womanhood.
「洞窟の女王」は、19世紀のイングランドの帝国主義者文学に堅く置かれ、ライダー・ハガードの南アフリカおよび英国の植民地主義の経験によって励起されます。
物語は、前のビクトリアンの多数の人種・進化の概念(特にfin de siècle（世紀末）に顕著な退化および人種の衰退についての概念)を示します。
「洞窟の女王」は顕著に調査された小説、女性の権威および女性の振る舞いのテーマ。
それは、女らしさのその表現のために賞賛と批判の両方を受け取りました。
fin de siècle
アクセント・音節fin de siè・cle 発音記号/fˈændəsiékl/
【名詞】[the fin de siecle] (フランスなどで文芸方面に退廃的傾向が強く現われた) (19)世紀末 (cf. ninety
【形容詞】【限定用法の形容詞】1世紀末の.2退廃的な［フランス語‘end of the century' の意］
Contents
Synopsis
A young Cambridge University professor, Horace Holly, is visited by a colleague, Vincey, who reveals that he will soon die and proceeds to tell Holly a fantastical tale of his family heritage.
若いケンブリッジ大学の教授ホーレス・ホリーは同僚(ヴィンシーVincey)をを訪れます。ヴィンシーは、自分の死期が間近いことをホリーに明らかにし、ヴィンシーの空想物語を伝える。
He charges Holly with the task of raising his young son, Leo (whom he has never seen) and gives Holly a locked iron box, with instructions that it is not to be opened until Leo turns 25. Holly agrees, and indeed Vincey is found dead the next day.
ヴィンシーは、若い息子(レオ(彼はこの人に会ったことがない))を育てることをホリーに委ねて、レオが25歳になるまで、それが開くことがないようにという指示を付けて、ホリーに封印された鉄の箱を預けます。
ホリーはこれに同意します。また、翌日彼は死体で発見されました。
Holly raises the boy as his own; when the box is opened on Leo's 25th birthday they discover the ancient and mysterious "Sherd of Amenartas", which seems to corroborate Leo's father's story.
ホリーは自分の息子のようにレオを育てます;
レオの25才の誕生日にこの箱が開かれ、中にある古代で不可解な「Amenartasアメナルタスの壷」を発見します。それは、レオの父親の物語を確証するように見えた。
Holly, Leo and their servant, Job, follow instructions on the Sherd and travel to eastern Africa but are shipwrecked.
ホリーとレオおよびそれらの使用人のジョブは、アメナルタスの壷についての指示に従い、東アフリカへ旅行しますが途中で嵐に遭遇し難破します。
They alone survive, together with their Arab captain, Mahomed;
ホリーとレオおよびジョブは、アラビア人のキャプテン、モハメッドと共に助かります;
after a perilous journey into an uncharted region of the African interior, they are captured by the savage Amahagger people.
アフリカの内部の未知の地域の中への危険な旅行の後、三人は野蛮なアマハッガー人達によって捕らえられます。
The adventurers learn that the natives are ruled by a fearsome white queen, who is worshiped as Hiya or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". The Amahagger are curious about the white-skinned interlopers, having been warned of their coming by the mysterious queen.
冒険家は、偉大な白人女王(この人はHiyaあるいは「服従しなければならぬお方」として崇拝される)に自国の人が動かされることを知ります。
それらが不思議な女王によって来ないように警告されて、白にむかれたおせっかい者をAmahaggerは知りたがります。
Billali, the chief elder of one of the Amahagger tribes, takes charge of the three men, introducing them to the ways of his people. One of the Amahagger maidens, Ustane, takes a liking to Leo and by kissing him and embracing him publicly, weds him according to Amahagger customs. Leo, likewise, grows very fond of her.
Billali tells Holly that he needs to go and report the white men's arrival to She. In his absence, some of the Amahagger become restless and seize Mahomed, intending to eat him as part of a ritual "hotpot". Realising what is about to happen, Holly shoots several of the Amahagger, killing Mahomed in the process; in the ensuing struggle Leo is gravely wounded, but Ustane saves his life by throwing herself onto his prostrate body to shield him from spears. All seems lost as the Amahagger resolve to kill Ustane along with the white men but Billali returns in the nick of time and declares that the three men are under the protection of She. Leo's condition, however, worsens and he nears death as Ustane faithfully tends to him.
They are taken to the home of the queen, which lies near the ruins of the lost city of Kôr, a once mighty civilisation that predated the Egyptians. The queen and her retinue live under a dormant volcano in a series of catacombs built as tombs for the people of Kôr. There, Holly is presented to the queen, a white sorceress named Ayesha. Her beauty is so great that it enchants any man who beholds it. She, who is veiled and lies behind a partition, warns Holly that the power of her splendour arouses both desire and fear, but he is dubious. When she shows herself, however, Holly is enraptured and prostrates himself before her. Ayesha reveals that she has learned the secret of immortality and that she possesses other supernatural powers including the ability to read the minds of others, a form of telegnosis and the ability to heal wounds and cure illness; she is also revealed to have a tremendous knowledge of chemistry, but is notably unable to see into the future. She tells Holly that she has lived in the realm of Kôr for more than two millennia, awaiting the reincarnated return of her lover, Kallikrates (whom she had slain in a fit of jealous rage). Later, when Holly inadvertently and secretly discovers Ayesha in her hidden chamber, he learns that she may have some degree of power to reanimate the dead.
The next evening She visits Leo to heal him. But upon seeing his face, she is stunned and declares him to be the reincarnation of Kallikrates. She saves him and becomes jealous of Ustane. The latter is ordered to leave Leo and never to set her eyes on him again. Ustane refuses, however, and Ayesha eventually strikes her dead with magic. Despite the murder of their friend, Holly and Leo cannot free themselves from the power of Ayesha's beauty and Leo becomes bewitched. In explaining her history, Ayesha shows Leo the perfectly preserved body of Kallikrates, which she has kept with her, but she then dissolves the remains with a powerful acid, confident that Leo is indeed the reincarnation of her former lover.
In the climax of the novel, Ayesha takes the two men to see the pillar of fire, passing through the ruined city of Kôr into the heart of the ancient volcano. She is determined that Leo should bathe in the fire to become immortal and remain with her forever, and that together they can become the immortal and all-powerful rulers of the world. After a perilous journey, they come to a great cavern, but at the last Leo doubts the safety of entering the flame. To allay his fears, Ayesha steps into the Spirit of Life, but with this second immersion, the life-preserving power is lost and Ayesha begins to revert to her true age. Holly speculates that it may be that a second exposure undoes the effects of the previous or the Spirit of Life spews death on occasion. Before their eyes, Ayesha withers away in the fire, and her body shrinks. The sight is so shocking that Job dies in fright. Before dying, She tells Leo, "Forget me not. I shall come again!"
作品のクライマックス
アーイシャは、古代の火山の中心の中へのコールの荒廃した都市を通り抜けて、火の柱を見るために2人を連れて行く。
彼女は不滅になり、かつ彼女とともに永久に残るために、火でレオが入浴するべきであり、ともに、彼らが世界の永久・全能の定規になることができて決意する。
危険な旅行の後、彼らは大きな空洞へ来る、しかし最後にレオは炎に入る安全性を疑う。
彼の恐れを和らげるために、アーイシャは炎へ入って行く。しかし炎を二度浴びることで、生命を保存する力は失われる。更に、アーイシャは彼女の真実の年齢に戻り始める。
ホリーは、それが、別の接触が前のものの影響を取消すか、ライフの精神が時々死を噴出するということかもしれないと推測する。
彼らの目の前に、アーイシャは火で美貌が失せ、彼女の体は縮む。
光景は非常に衝撃を与えているので、ジョブは恐怖の中で死ぬ。
死ぬ前に、彼女はレオに伝える、「私を忘れないで。私は再び来る!」と。
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