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Allan Quatermain

by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

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Africa -- FictionFantasy fictionAdventure storiesHunting guides -- FictionQuatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~2 min
  2. 02Introduction~16 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. THE CONSUL’S YARN — part 1~25 min
  4. 04CHAPTER I. THE CONSUL’S YARN — part 2~6 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. THE BLACK HAND~23 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. THE MISSION STATION — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III. THE MISSION STATION — part 2~1 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV. ALPHONSE AND HIS ANNETTE~22 min
  9. 09CHAPTER V. UMSLOPOGAAS MAKES A PROMISE — part 1~25 min
  10. 10CHAPTER V. UMSLOPOGAAS MAKES A PROMISE — part 2~8 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE NIGHT WEARS ON~23 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. A SLAUGHTER GRIM AND GREAT — part 1~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VII. A SLAUGHTER GRIM AND GREAT — part 2~3 min
  14. 14CHAPTER VIII. ALPHONSE EXPLAINS~25 min
  15. 15CHAPTER IX. INTO THE UNKNOWN — part 1~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER IX. INTO THE UNKNOWN — part 2~5 min
  17. 17CHAPTER X. THE ROSE OF FIRE — part 1~24 min
  18. 18CHAPTER X. THE ROSE OF FIRE — part 2~8 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XI. THE FROWNING CITY — part 1~25 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XI. THE FROWNING CITY — part 2~9 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XII. THE SISTER QUEENS — part 1~23 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XII. THE SISTER QUEENS — part 2~12 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XIII. ABOUT THE ZU-VENDI PEOPLE — part 1~25 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XIII. ABOUT THE ZU-VENDI PEOPLE — part 2~2 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XIV. THE FLOWER TEMPLE — part 1~25 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XIV. THE FLOWER TEMPLE — part 2~11 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XV. SORAIS’ SONG — part 1~25 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XV. SORAIS’ SONG — part 2~5 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XVI. BEFORE THE STATUE~23 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XVII. THE STORM BREAKS — part 1~25 min

A few words to begin

December 23 “I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard having only one son to lose him thus, but God’s will be done. Who am I that I should complain? The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late—it does not matter when, in the end, it crushes us all. We do not prostrate ourselves before it like the poor Indians; we fly hither and thither—we cry for mercy; but it is of no use, the black Fate thunders on and in its season reduces us to powder.

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