Project Gutenberg 1999-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 224 Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 Haggard, Rider Haggard, Henry Rider Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_(novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Adventure Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 624007 2025-07-01T10:25:03.278757 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 351015 2025-07-01T10:25:13.161594 application/epub+zip 351158 2025-07-01T10:25:06.805700 application/epub+zip 319006 2025-07-01T10:25:05.525679 application/epub+zip 655185 2025-07-01T10:25:18.093581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 629094 2025-07-01T10:25:12.337635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487016 2022-09-01T12:06:26.268378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 595614 2025-07-01T10:25:02.521671 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 595352 2021-02-04T14:53:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 224155 2021-02-04T14:54:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18832 2025-07-01T10:25:18.223558 application/rdf+xml 22609 2025-07-01T10:25:06.030685 image/jpeg 4638 2025-07-01T10:25:05.776669 image/jpeg 314627 2025-07-01T10:25:03.327711 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia