# She — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for She by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to Andrew Lang, expressing personal regard and admiration for his learning and works.
- [She](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/she.md): The chapter introduces the mysterious and powerful queen Ayesha, known as 'She-who-must-be-obeyed,' who rules over the Amahagger people in the caves of Kôr. She reveals her ancient origins, her love for the reincarnated 
- [My Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/i-my-visitor.md): Horace Holly, a misanthropic and ugly Cambridge scholar, receives a late-night visit from his only friend, Vincey, who is dying of a wasting disease. Vincey entrusts Holly with the guardianship of his five-year-old son, 
- [The Years Roll By](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/ii-the-years-roll-by.md): After Vincey's sudden death, Holly receives a letter from the lawyers confirming his guardianship of Leo Vincey, a five-year-old boy. Holly accepts the trust, arranges for Leo to live with him, and raises him with the he
- [The Sherd of Amenartas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/iii-the-sherd-of-amenartas.md): Leo Vincey and Horace Holly read a letter from Leo's deceased father, John Vincey, which reveals a family legend about an immortal white queen in Africa and a mysterious potsherd inscribed by their ancestress Amenartas. 

> 27 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=she_se_1566kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV: The Squall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/iv-the-squall.md)
- [The Head of the Ethiopian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/v-the-head-of-the-ethiopian.md)
- [VI: An Early Christian Ceremony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/vi-an-early-christian-ceremony.md)
- [VII: Ustane Sings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/vii-ustane-sings.md)
- [VIII: The Feast, and After!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/viii-the-feast-and-after.md)
- [IX: A Little Foot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/ix-a-little-foot.md)
- [X: Speculations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/x-speculations.md)
- [The Plain of Kôr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xi-the-plain-of-k-r.md)
- [XII: "She"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xii-she.md)
- [XIII: Ayesha Unveils](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xiii-ayesha-unveils.md)
- [XIV: A Soul in Hell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xiv-a-soul-in-hell.md)
- [XV: Ayesha Gives Judgment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xv-ayesha-gives-judgment.md)
- [The Tombs of Kôr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xvi-the-tombs-of-k-r.md)
- [XVII: The Balance Turns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xvii-the-balance-turns.md)
- [XVIII: “Go, Woman!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xviii-go-woman.md)
- [XIX: “Give Me a Black Goat!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xix-give-me-a-black-goat.md)
- [XX: Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xx-triumph.md)
- [XXI: The Dead and Living Meet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxi-the-dead-and-living-meet.md)
- [Job Has a Presentiment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxii-job-has-a-presentiment.md)
- [The Temple of Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxiii-the-temple-of-truth.md)
- [XXIV: Walking the Plank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxiv-walking-the-plank.md)
- [XXV: The Spirit of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxv-the-spirit-of-life.md)
- [XXVI: What We Saw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxvi-what-we-saw.md)
- [We Leap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxvii-we-leap.md)
- [Over the Mountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/xxviii-over-the-mountain.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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