Marie

by H. Rider Haggard

Overview

Although in my old age I, Allan Quatermain, have taken to writing-after a fashion-never yet have I set down a single word of the tale of my first love and of the adventures that are grouped around her beautiful and tragic history. I suppose this is because it has always seemed to me too holy and far-off a matter-as holy and far-off as is that heaven which holds the splendid spirit of Marie Marais. But now, in my age, that which was far-off draws near again; and at night, in the depths between the stars, sometimes I seem to see the opening doors through which I must pass, and leaning earthwards across their threshold, with outstretched arms and dark and dewy eyes, a shadow long forgotten by all save me-the shadow of Marie Marais.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789356567320
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	04/22/2022
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer whose best-known work is the romantic adventure tale King Solomon's Mines, though he wrote over forty books in his lifetime.

Shelly Frasier has recorded over fifty audiobooks. She can be heard narrating such classics as Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Table of Contents

Chapter I.	Allan Learns French	1
Chapter II.	The Attack on Maraisfontein	15
Chapter III.	The Rescue	33
Chapter IV.	Hernando Pereira	46
Chapter V.	The Shooting Match	63
Chapter VI.	The Parting	81
Chapter VII.	Allan's Call	96
Chapter VIII.	The Camp of Death	113
Chapter IX.	The Promise	128
Chapter X.	Vrouw Prinsloo Speaks Her Mind	142
Chapter XI.	The Shot in the Kloof	158
Chapter XII.	Dingaan's Bet	174
Chapter XIII.	The Rehearsal	189
Chapter XIV.	The Play	204
Chapter XV.	Retief Asks a Favour	220
Chapter XVI.	The Council	238
Chapter XVII.	The Marriage	254
Chapter XVIII.	The Treaty	264
Chapter XIX.	Depart in Peace	288
Chapter XX.	The Court-Martial	306
Chapter XXI.	The Innocent Blood	326

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"Shelly Frasier transitions easily among British, French, Dutch, and American accents in her sober performance of this classic." —-AudioFile

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"Shelly Frasier transitions easily among British, French, Dutch, and American accents in her sober performance of this classic." ---AudioFile

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