When the World Shook


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(3.6 stars; 22 reviews)

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)

Kapitel

Arbuthnot Describes Himself 28:25 Gelesen von ToddHW
Bastin and Bickley 21:28 Gelesen von Jarrod Wetzel-Brown
Natalie 20:19 Gelesen von Jarrod Wetzel-Brown
Death and Departure 22:01 Gelesen von Jarrod Wetzel-Brown
The Cyclone 28:36 Gelesen von Tim Quinn
Land 23:11 Gelesen von mythdom
The Orofenans 26:40 Gelesen von Daniel Holbrow
Bastin Attempts the Martyr’s Crown 30:45 Gelesen von Alan Lord
The Island in the Lake 28:44 Gelesen von Oneofone56
The Dwellers in the Tomb 26:20 Gelesen von Adam Thompson
Resurrection 28:52 Gelesen von Adam Thompson
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years! 31:00 Gelesen von Adam Thompson
Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues 25:30 Gelesen von Adam Thompson
The Under-world 26:51 Gelesen von sophiatbow
Oro in His House 19:40 Gelesen von czandra
Visions of the Past 30:38 Gelesen von Darrell Nobles
Yva Explains 35:21 Gelesen von TheIntern356
The Accident 38:02 Gelesen von Francesco F
The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley 26:06 Gelesen von czandra
Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night 37:50 Gelesen von TR Love
Love’s Eternal Altar 25:49 Gelesen von TR Love
The Command 27:53 Gelesen von Elroi
In the Temple of Fate 37:57 Gelesen von Elroi
The Chariot of the Pit 37:07 Gelesen von fshort
Sacrifice 27:25 Gelesen von Howard Skyman
Tommy 27:43 Gelesen von TR Love
Bastin Discovers a Resemblance 13:49 Gelesen von Howard Skyman
NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S. 3:38 Gelesen von Jade Leah Pilling

Bewertungen


(5 stars)

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


(2 stars)

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..


(1 stars)