Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard

The story revolves around a young woman who is forced into marriage with an elderly man to secure her family's financial future. She is sent to live in the countryside where she must navigate her new life and the expectations placed upon her. The narrative explores themes of duty, loyalty, and the constraints placed on women during this time period.

By H. Rider Haggard · First published 1892 · Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance · 38 chapters

Contents

• Preface
• The Boy Chaka Prophesies
• Introduction
• Mopo is in Trouble
• Mopo Ventures Home
• The Flight of Mopo and Baleka
• Mopo Becomes the King's Doctor
• The Birth of Umslopogaas
• Umslopogaas Answers the King
• The Great Ingomboco
• The Loss of Umslopogaas
• The Trial of Mopo
• The Counsel of Baleka
• The Tale of Galazi the Wolf
• Galazi Becomes King of the Wolves
• The Wolf-Brethren
• The Death of the King's Slayers
• Umslopogaas Ventures out to Win the Axe
• Umslopogaas Becomes Chief of the People of the Axe
• The Curse of Baleka
• Masilo Comes to the Kraal Duguza
• Mopo Bargains with the Princes
• The Death of Chaka
• Mopo Goes to Seek the Slaughterer
• Mopo Reveals himself to the Slaughterer
• The Slaying of the Boers
• The War with the Halakazi People
• The Finding of Nada
• The Stamping of the Fire
• The Lily is Brought to Dingaan
• Mopo Tells his Tale
• The Coming of Nada
• The War of the Women
• Zinita Comes to the King
• The End of the People, Black and Grey
• The Lily's Farewell
• The Vengeance of Mopo and his Fosterling
• Mopo Ends his Tale

More by H. Rider Haggard

• Wisdom's Daughter (1920)
• Allan and the Ice-Gods, A Tale of Beginnings (1920)
• Allan Quatermain (1887)
• Marie (1885)
• Child of Storm (1887)
• Long Odds (1888)
• King Solomon's Mines (1885)
• Queen Sheba's Ring (1887)
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