Hunter Quatermain's Story [with Biographical Introduction]
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Collection of stories about the adventurer and original 'great white hunter'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The Kindle version of this item only contains 1 short story (the title story), not the 4 short stories and novelette promised, and no introduction, which was extremely disappointing and made the &5.95 pricetag exorbitant. Credit to Amazon's speedy refund of my payment when I raised a complaint, enabling me to purchase the paperback (full) version, but they have still not amended the description of the item to make it clear to potential Kindle purchasers that they are only buying a severely truncated edition.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Love all the Alan Quatermain stories which are all superb. This is no exception plus had never read any of them before so bargain. Went off to check to see if there are any AQ books I don't have. Will be ordering some more of these soon, These are written by a master story teller of which alas there are very few. A very good read for anybody interested in adventure stories or indeed for anybody. The hero's name is Quatermain not Quartermain.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Misleading presentation
12 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
This is not a review of HUNTER QUARTERMAIN'S STORY, so please don't take the three stars too seriously. It should be said, though, that what is presented in this book as "Zikali the Wizard," a short story and, evidently, a rarity, is just a passage from the novel CHILD OF STORM. Haining is to be censured for not making this clear. He even lists "Zikali" as one of not quite twenty items in the Quatermain Saga, between CHILD OF STORM and "A Tale of Three Lions." This would be like taking the chapter "Riddles in the Dark" from Tolkien's THE HOBBIT and implying it is a rare short story about Bilbo.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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29 Aug 2007
Format:Paperback
This is again a group of friends being entertained by Henry Curtis, and he has invited the old hunter himself over to regale the group with a tale over the odd drink or two.
Allan does come along and fills them in on another story with not the happiest ending, with elephants, a black maned lion, and a buffalo.
Allan does come along and fills them in on another story with not the happiest ending, with elephants, a black maned lion, and a buffalo.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Quatermain finally gets short stories!
1 July 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Raven was pleased to see this book come out. Short stories about Allan Quatermain are finally released! Rider Haggard wrote something besides novels about his hero! Bravo to Mr. Peter Haining for taking time to select and edit the four stories and the novella Allan's Wife.
The stories are exciting for their tales of adventure and danger in The Dark Continent. They are takes of danger, hardship, and love and lost. Quartermain is a tragic hero, eventually becoming wealthy, but always at a great loss-- his son, his wife, and eventually his own life in the Africa that he loved with all of his heart. Shadows of this lie in all of the stories, and Mr. Haining has thoughtfully added a chronological list of the Quatermain stories.
Also, Rider Haggard made something of an enigma himself. He writes of the African people as most British writers of his day, in a somewhat prejudiced manner, even using the ugly "n" word. (To the British of that period, ALL colored races were inferior and generally refered to thus, such as Natives of India, China, and North and South America.)Yet Haggard praises the nobility of the black races, and one short story Magepa the Buck, tells of a black man who gives his life that his grandson might live. In the front of the story, Quatermain states that such a man makes him proud of the human race. Hardly the words of a truly prejudiced man.
The Raven has always felt that Rider Haggard was a writer truly ahead of his time in accepting that all men were worthy, none inferior. Kudus to Rider Hagard and to Peter Haining for this most excellent book! Quoth the Raven...
The stories are exciting for their tales of adventure and danger in The Dark Continent. They are takes of danger, hardship, and love and lost. Quartermain is a tragic hero, eventually becoming wealthy, but always at a great loss-- his son, his wife, and eventually his own life in the Africa that he loved with all of his heart. Shadows of this lie in all of the stories, and Mr. Haining has thoughtfully added a chronological list of the Quatermain stories.
Also, Rider Haggard made something of an enigma himself. He writes of the African people as most British writers of his day, in a somewhat prejudiced manner, even using the ugly "n" word. (To the British of that period, ALL colored races were inferior and generally refered to thus, such as Natives of India, China, and North and South America.)Yet Haggard praises the nobility of the black races, and one short story Magepa the Buck, tells of a black man who gives his life that his grandson might live. In the front of the story, Quatermain states that such a man makes him proud of the human race. Hardly the words of a truly prejudiced man.
The Raven has always felt that Rider Haggard was a writer truly ahead of his time in accepting that all men were worthy, none inferior. Kudus to Rider Hagard and to Peter Haining for this most excellent book! Quoth the Raven...
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