Smiley Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) on February 28th, 2015 (01:30 A.M., February 29th (GMT)), for a discussion of Hunter Quartermain's Story by H. Rider Haggard. I am reasonably certain that all of us have encountered at least one movie, story, book, or T.V. show in which the character "Allan Quartermain, the great white hunter" has appeared. The first appearance of the character was in the classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines by Haggard (1885). Haggard continued to use the Quartermain character through several series of novels, all dealing with British colonization and exploration of the dark continent, and a number of related short stories. The last of Haggard's Quartermain novels was published in 1927. Quartermain, like other heroic characters from the 19th and early 20th century such as Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan, has been revived and redefined in various dramatic reincarnations, most recently in the film "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in which Sean Connery played the part. I hope you enjoy reading the story as much as i did. I am certain we will enjoy discussing it. The story is available on line at: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1093/ Meeting Place: Webchat: http://koach.com/cha...=readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner Don't forget to bring a friend. Log attached: #readers_corner.koach.com.20150207.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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