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Adventure

Allan Quatermain

by H. Rider Haggard

Adventurer Allan Quatermain sets out on a mission to Africa to locate a mysterious tribe of white-skinned people.

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First published
1887
Length
106,450 words
Reading time
About 7 hr 24 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Allan Quatermain , the sequel to King Solomon’s Mines , was first serialized in Longman’s Magazine in the U.K. and subsequently published as a novel in 1887. In it we see the eponymous hero reunited with his companions to travel to Africa on a dangerous and adventuresome quest to try to find a legendary tribe of white-skinned people, the Zu-Vendi. Having discovered their remote and isolated country, Quatermain and his crew become embroiled in its internal affairs, culminating in a bitter and violent civil war.

First published 1887.

The Read4Max reading text contains approximately 106,450 words arranged in 30 navigable sections.

About the author

H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) is described by Wikidata as English adventure novelist (1856–1925), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Recorded occupations include writer, novelist, screenwriter, science fiction writer, and prose writer. Languages recorded for H. Rider Haggard include English. Wikidata lists King Solomon's Mines and She: A History of Adventure among H. Rider Haggard's notable works. Open Library identifies King Solomon's Mines as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 270 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Allan Quatermain, King Solomon’s Mines, and She under H. Rider Haggard's authorship.

1856–1925

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Themes and ideas

  • Africa
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Adventure stories
  • Hunting guides
  • Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character)

Table of contents

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  1. Epigraph
  2. Dedication
  3. Allan Quatermain
  4. Introduction
  5. I
  6. II
  7. III
  8. IV
  9. V
  10. VI
  11. VII
  12. VIII
  13. IX
  14. X
  15. XI
  16. XII
  17. XIII
  18. XIV
  19. XV
  20. XVI
  21. XVII
  22. XVIII
  23. XIX
  24. XX
  25. XXI
  26. XXII
  27. XXIII
  28. XXIV
  29. Note by George Curtis Esq.
  30. Endnotes
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