Allan's Wife and Other Tales


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In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Solomon's Mines'. Haggard went on to publish twelve Quatermain novels and several novellas and short stories, including the four in this collection. 'Allan's Wife' explains how Quatermain became a hunter early in life and recounts the tragedy of his brief marriage to Stella, his childhood sweetheart. The three shorter tales are hunting yarns narrated by Quatermain as an old man. In 'Hunter Quatermain', Allan is faced with a raging wounded buffalo and in 'A Tale of Three Lions' and 'Long Odds', he takes on no less than seven lions. First published in 1889, this collection was re-published as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in 1980. - Summary by Phil Benson (8 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Dedication 3:38 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 1. Early Days 19:42 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 2. The Fire-fight 23:27 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 3. Northwards 27:50 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 4. The Zulu Impi 28:35 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 5. The End of the Laager 29:35 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 6. Stella 34:05 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 7. The Baboon-woman 21:49 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 8. The Marble Kraals 19:44 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 9. "Let us Go in, Allan" 19:54 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 10. Hendrika Plots Evil 29:43 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 11. Gone! 18:17 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 12. The Magic of Indaba-Zimbi 22:31 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 13. What Happened to Stella 19:02 Read by Phil Benson
Allan's Wife: 14. Fifteen Years After 19:27 Read by Phil Benson
Hunter Quatermain's Tale 42:55 Read by Phil Benson
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 1 21:58 Read by Phil Benson
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 2 23:41 Read by Phil Benson
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 3 29:19 Read by Phil Benson
Long Odds 40:22 Read by Phil Benson