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Long Odds
Henry Rider Haggard
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A part of a series of short stories where a group of hunters come together to drink and listen to the tales of Allan Quartermain. In Long Odds Quartermain retells the story of how he acquired his limp
A part of a series of short stories where a group of hunters come together to drink and listen to the tales of Allan Quartermain. In Long Odds Quartermain retells the story of how he acquired his limp
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"Well, I passed into the kraal, and went up to the principal hut. In front of the hut was something with an old sheep-skin kaross thrown over it. I stooped down and drew off the rug, and then shrank back amazed, for under it was the body of a young wo. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Okay ... i didn't like it too much !
Before I begin a review of an H. Rider Haggard piece, I generally say that I love Haggard's work in order to immediately convey my feelings about the writer. I always try to be objective, but there are times I know that I fail. My initial caveats as always remain when discussing classics over 100 ye
Not a bad story, of a hunter in Africa.
A short story in which Quatermain tells his friends how he got the lion bite in his thigh which has plagued him for years and responsible for his slight limp. He tells this story which happened many years earlier, March, 1869, just prior to starting off on his final adventure which is told in the no
The third short story that was published with 'Allan's Wife'. Again, it's about lions. It must have been something he had to get out of his system before he led Allan off into the metaphysical wilderness of the later stories. Certainly enjoyable and a good 'adventure' story in it's own right but lac