H. Rider Haggard

When the World Shook (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The story follows the adventures of three English people: Humphrey Arbuthnot, his friend and physician, Dr. Jameson, and a woman named Vita, who is also Humphrey's love interest. The novel begins with Humphrey, Dr. Jameson, and Vita setting sail on a yacht, the "e;Ladybird,"e; from the coast of Africa. They are caught in a violent storm and are washed up on the shores of a strange and remote island. There they discover a race of people who are unlike any they have ever encountered. These people are the survivors of a lost civilization, and they possess advanced technology and knowledge that is beyond anything the English travelers have ever seen.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Max Bollinger
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787365872
• Artikelnr.: 67585709

Autorenporträt

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I. Arbuthnot Describes Himself
Chapter II. Bastin and Bickley
Chapter III. Natalie
Chapter IV. Death and Departure
Chapter V. The Cyclone
Chapter VI. Land
Chapter VII. The Orofenans
Chapter VIII. Bastin Attempts the Martyr's Crown
Chapter IX. The Island in the Lake
Chapter X. The Dwellers in the Tomb
Chapter XI. Resurrection
Chapter XII. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!
Chapter XIII. Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues
Chapter XIV. The Under-world
Chapter XV. Oro in His House
Chapter XVI. Visions of the Past
Chapter XVII. Yva Explains
Chapter XVIII. The Accident
Chapter XIX. The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley
Chapter XX. Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night
Chapter XXI. Love's Eternal Altar
Chapter XXII. The Command
Chapter XXIII. In the Temple of Fate
Chapter XXIV. The Chariot of the Pit
Chapter XXV. Sacrifice
Chapter XXVI. Tommy
Chapter XXVII. Bastin Discovers a Resemblance
NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.