Allan's Wife by H. Rider Haggard

"Allan's Wife" by H. Rider Haggard is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories first published in 1889. The title novella reveals Quatermain's early life and marriage to Stella, mother of his son Harry. Three companion tales follow the legendary hunter through dangerous African encounters: battling a vengeful buffalo, avenging a servant killed by lions, and surviving a brutal lion mauling. Together, these adventures chronicle the formative experiences that shaped one of literature's most celebrated adventurers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
Title Allan's Wife
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%27s_Wife_and_Other_Tales
Credits John Bickers, Dagny and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Africa -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Hunting guides -- Fiction
Subject Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2727
Release Date
Last Update Apr 20, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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