The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story

About this book

A hare speaks of suffering, and an encounter in the countryside becomes an argument about the human treatment of animals. H. Rider Haggard approaches the subject through a dreamlike tale.

The Mahatma and the Hare gives the animal's experience moral weight, moving between story and reflection on cruelty, compassion and the continuity of life. Haggard's interest in spiritual ideas adds an unusual atmosphere to the appeal. Haggard uses the familiar shape of an adventure to ask a difficult question about suffering and the treatment of animals.