Jess is a novel by British writer H. Rider Haggard,R. D. Mullen, The Books of H. Rider Haggard: A Chronological Survey Science Fiction Studies, # 16 = Volume 5, Part 3 = November 1978 accessed 13 December 2013 set in South Africa.
Background Haggard wrote the book in 1885, primarily in his chambers where he was working as a barrister.H Rider Haggard, The Days of My Life Chapter 10 accessed 21 December 2013 King Solomon's Mines had been an enormous success but Haggard says he had been "somewhat piqued by the frequent descriptions of myself as 'a mere writer of romances and boys’ books'".H. Rider Haggard, The Days of My Life, Chapter 11 accessed 21 December 2013 The book is named after Jess, one of the two orphaned nieces of a farmer in the Transvaal.
Reception The book was highly successful.
Adaptations The book was filmed in 1912,Jess (1912) at IMDb 1914,Jess (1914) at IMDb and 1917 (as Heart and Soul starring Theda Bara in the title role).Heart and Soul at IMDb
References
External links Complete book at Project Gutenberg Images and bibliographic information for various editions of Jess at SouthAfricaBooks.com