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Maiwa's Revenge

Henry Rider Haggard

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . useless to proceed further on this stalk, so we quietly withdrew to consider the position and study the ground. The results were not satisfactory. There was absolutely no cover about except the ant-heap, which was some three hundred yards from the rhinoceros upon his up-wind side. I knew that if I tried to stalk him in front I should fail, and so I should if I attempted to do so from the further side—he or the birds would see me; so I came to a conclusion: I would go to the ant-heap, which would give him my wind, and instead of stalking him I would let him stalk me. It was a bold step, and one which I should never advise a hunter to take, but somehow I felt as though rhino and I must play the hand out.

"I explained my intentions to the men, who both held up their arms in horror. Their fears for my safety were a little mitigated, however, when I told them that I did not expect them to come with me.

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Community Reviews

This is book three of the Quatermain series and I have loved then all.

I always feel I have to begin my review of an H. R. Haggard novel (novella in this case) with qualifying statements. Maiwa's Revenge was published in 1888, well over one hundred years ago. The world of 1888 was very different from the world of 2022. That may sound pedantic, but I have seen a few rat

This is absolutely an Allan Quatermain side-story or short story and doesn't really try to be anything other than a bit of a flippant diversion. It fulfils that task perfectly adequately and it's fun spending time with the character as he recounts an ambitious Elephant hunt (probably the main purpos

A woman scorned. . .

Another short novel (I'm guessing novella-length) of Allan Quatermain telling one of his African adventures. In this case, it's ostensibly the story how he gets embroiled in the conflict between two African tribes and helps a woman (Maiwa) get her revenge on her terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad

বেশ ভাল।হ্যাগার্ড এর অনেক বই এর মত ভয়াবহ বোরিং না।কোয়ারটারমাইন থাকলে বই বেশিরভাগ সময়ই সুখপাঠ্য হয়।

হাতি শিকারের উপর মনোজ্ঞ বর্ণনা দেয়া হয়েছে । বেশ ভাল লেগেছে । অবশ্য এলান কোয়াটারমেইনের সব গুলো শিকার কাহিনীই বেশ ভাল ।

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