Project Gutenberg 2007-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 60 Hichens, Robert 1864 1950 Hichens, Robert Smythe Hichens, Robert S. (Robert Smythe) The Desert Drum 1905 Produced by David Widger "The Desert Drum" by Robert Hichens is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story takes place in the Sahara Desert, revolving around themes of superstition, fate, and the clash between civilization and primal instincts. It explores the profoundly impactful and mystical nature of the desert, particularly focusing on the local belief in the foreboding "desert drum," which signals impending death. The narrative follows a European traveler as he journeys through the harsh landscape of the Sahara, encountering a Spahi (a French soldier) and a prisoner, M'hammed Bouaziz, who was convicted of murder. After a suspenseful evening marked by the haunting sound of a drum that foreshadows death, the traveler wakes to find the Spahi murdered. M'hammed Bouaziz, the prisoner, has escaped, leaving behind chilling evidence of a crime felt throughout the desert. The story emphasizes the inescapability of fate as Bouaziz's journey ultimately leads him back to the consequences of his actions while intertwining themes of love, desire, and the cultural weight of both the Sahara and its people. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Sahara -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 55921 55930 2024-09-10T07:39:49.488761 2023-09-10T10:51:42.136104 text/html text/html 53427 2021-02-24T22:34:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 19313 2021-02-24T22:34:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 62858 2024-09-10T07:39:52.526712 application/epub+zip 61809 2024-09-10T07:39:50.661731 application/epub+zip 61808 2024-09-10T07:39:49.921732 application/epub+zip 140784 2024-09-10T07:39:54.120722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132569 2024-09-10T07:39:52.067726 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135685 2022-09-11T05:25:24.055214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45156 2024-09-10T07:39:49.281737 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45490 2016-12-17T13:11:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17676 2016-12-17T13:16:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 45079 2007-11-08T09:05:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 17581 2007-11-08T09:05:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 45070 2007-11-08T09:05:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17560 2007-11-08T09:05:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21702 2024-09-10T07:39:54.253723 application/rdf+xml 11323 2024-09-10T07:39:50.259726 image/jpeg 3136 2024-09-10T07:39:50.089722 image/jpeg 62734 2024-09-10T07:39:49.494736 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