Project Gutenberg 1999-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 114 Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 Haggard, Rider Haggard, Henry Rider Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain Christopher Hapka, and David Widger "Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel set in the late 19th century that recounts a dramatic tale of love, adventure, and conflict in early colonial South Africa. The story centers around Allan Quatermain, a famed hunter and explorer, as he navigates both personal loss and the tumultuous historical backdrop of his time, including the Boer and Zulu conflicts. Through Quatermain's eyes, readers are introduced to Marie Marais, his first love, whose life is intertwined with his own in a narrative that explores themes of duty, sacrifice, and the harsh realities of life on the frontier. The beginning of the novel establishes a narrative framed as Quatermain's reflections on his past, hinting at his deep love for Marie Marais and the events leading to their tragic fate. As he reminisces, the story unfolds to show the tense political atmosphere of the period, marked by the tensions between European settlers and the indigenous populations. Marie's character is introduced as a beautiful and kind-hearted woman, whose life is threatened during a raid by the Zulu. Quatermain’s urgency to protect her, along with the discovery of the historical significance of their experiences, sets the stage for a tale ripe with emotional depth and action, engaging the reader in a mix of personal and historical drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Adventure Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 623862 623969 2024-09-01T10:42:24.709593 2023-10-01T09:44:05.403357 text/html text/html 643557 2021-02-04T14:48:09 text/html; charset=utf-8 229720 2021-02-04T14:54:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 325487 2024-09-01T10:42:33.991047 application/epub+zip 325875 2024-09-01T10:42:26.594549 application/epub+zip 325874 2024-09-01T10:42:25.490579 application/epub+zip 595700 2024-09-01T10:42:39.613986 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569613 2024-09-01T10:42:33.221063 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487016 2022-09-01T12:06:26.268378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595614 595596 2024-09-01T10:42:23.684604 2023-10-01T09:44:04.524310 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 595352 2021-02-04T14:53:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 224155 2021-02-04T14:54:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18268 2024-09-01T10:42:39.771985 application/rdf+xml 22603 2024-09-01T10:42:25.902552 image/jpeg 4637 2024-09-01T10:42:25.685564 image/jpeg 291275 2024-09-01T10:42:24.765580 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia