When the World Shook
H. Rider Haggard
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A fictional memoir of Humphrey Arbuthnot of Devonshire, we are taken on a voyage to the island of Orofena, in the South Seas, together with Bickley, the servant Bastin and the spaniel Tommy. It is a land of adventure and danger, the result of which eventually leads to the author's death. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (0 hr 37 min)
Chapitres
| Arbuthnot Describes Himself | 28:25 | Lu par ToddHW |
| Bastin and Bickley | 21:28 | Lu par Jarrod Wetzel-Brown |
| Natalie | 20:19 | Lu par Jarrod Wetzel-Brown |
| Death and Departure | 22:01 | Lu par Jarrod Wetzel-Brown |
| The Cyclone | 28:36 | Lu par Tim Quinn |
| Land | 23:11 | Lu par mythdom |
| The Orofenans | 26:40 | Lu par Daniel Holbrow |
| Bastin Attempts the Martyr’s Crown | 30:45 | Lu par Alan Lord |
| The Island in the Lake | 28:44 | Lu par Oneofone56 |
| The Dwellers in the Tomb | 26:20 | Lu par Adam Thompson |
| Resurrection | 28:52 | Lu par Adam Thompson |
| Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years! | 31:00 | Lu par Adam Thompson |
| Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues | 25:30 | Lu par Adam Thompson |
| The Under-world | 26:51 | Lu par sophiatbow |
| Oro in His House | 19:40 | Lu par czandra |
| Visions of the Past | 30:38 | Lu par Darrell Nobles |
| Yva Explains | 35:21 | Lu par TheIntern356 |
| The Accident | 38:02 | Lu par Francesco F |
| The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley | 26:06 | Lu par czandra |
| Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night | 37:50 | Lu par TR Love |
| Love’s Eternal Altar | 25:49 | Lu par TR Love |
| The Command | 27:53 | Lu par Elroi |
| In the Temple of Fate | 37:57 | Lu par Elroi |
| The Chariot of the Pit | 37:07 | Lu par fshort |
| Sacrifice | 27:25 | Lu par Howard Skyman |
| Tommy | 27:43 | Lu par TR Love |
| Bastin Discovers a Resemblance | 13:49 | Lu par Howard Skyman |
| NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S. | 3:38 | Lu par Jade Leah Pilling |
Critiques
S.O.Y.
The storyline is classic H. R. Haggard, however without some of the usual typecasting of dueling female characters who simultaneously vie for the affections of the leading masculine character. As in other of Haggard’s works, an allusion to an afterlife that promises fulfillment of unrequited and sacrificial love interests in eternal bliss, affords a happy ending to the most difficult final circumstances and separations- :)
Not As Expected
Luella
The dynamic between the three main characters was very enjoyable. It was once they had been on the island awhile that Haggard's love of the supernatural came in HEAVILY, which I can only stand a little of... The previous dynamic of the three characters remained, but that was all I appreciated for the remaining nine hours of the book. I had been expecting something more like 'Montezuma's Daughter' from the description. All the readers did very well, though. 12-23-23
Don't waste your time. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings..
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