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Allan Quatermain By H. Rider Haggard INTRODUCTION 'I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard having only one son to lose him thus, but God's will be done. Who am I that I should complain? The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late -- it does not matter when, in the end, it crushes us all. We do not prostrate ourselves before it like the poor Indians; we fly hither and thither -- we cry for mercy; but it is of no use, the black Fate thunders on and in its season reduces us to powder. 'Poor Harry to go so soon! just when his life was opening to him. He was doing so well at the hospital, he had passed his last examination with honours, and I was proud of them, much prouder than he was, I think. |
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Reviewer: Shadows_Girl - 6/21/2008 0:42Subject: Not the Second in the Series---but the last Quatermain dies at the end of this one. Oh and the recording is dreadful. Someone should sue Librivox for putting out such garbage. Someone points out that those making the Librivox recordings are volunteers doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. Seems to me they are doing because they hate literature and our ears. I find their amateurish efforts so offensive that I need to upchuck for several hours after hearing even a paragraph of "librivox" recorded text. These volunteers have no talent for dramatic narrative, no conception of how to properly enunciate the words, and for most of them English does not appear to be a language they have a great deal of familiarity with. My advice to the people at Librivox would be eithyer to get some trained stage personalitities to do these recordings or just let a computer do it. I am less offended by the mistakes of the computer−−−being a machine it, at least, has SOME excuse. ANYONE who loves the clarity of the English Language−−−not to mention the joys of READING would do well to join with me in urging our lawmakers to see that "Librivox" is fined out of existence for consistantly polluting the earscape. |
Reviewer: inkbutterfly - 6/8/2008 22:28Subject: About the book and recording About the book: Allan Quatermain is best enjoyed by the die hard fans of H Haggard. Certainly not as good as King Solomon's Mines. About the reading: Considering the work is done by voluteers for free, not bad. And as librivox states, if you don't like a reading, you can voluteer yourself and do another version of the same book. |
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Reviewer: kdawg901 - 6/9/2008 21:12 Subject: Really nice I thought the fella that did this was pretty descent. I kinda felt that his voice sorta fit this story. There were a couple of spots the recording has a weird change but I still really enjoyed this. |
Reviewer: Starlite001 - 6/21/2008 12:13Subject: Reader perfect for this I really enjoyed this reading by John Nicholson. I believe his voice is perfect for this sort of rugged story. John has narrated other Haggard books and I have listen to all of them, enjoying them immensely! Please keep in mind Shadows, that LibriVox volunteers record books they love. LibriVox runs with a zero operating budget as all the volunteers donate their time and purchase their own recording equipment. Therefore suing LibriVox would be a futile effort. Of course you do have the option of purchasing audiobooks or making your own recordings. No one is forcing you to listen to Librivox audiobooks. I give John Nicholson TEN OUT OF TEN STARS! Well done John! |
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Reviewer: GordMackenzie - 6/23/2008 12:20 Subject: Classic Adventure This is a great and classic adventure. As mentioned by other reviewers, however, it is the "end" of the series (even though it was the second book written), so you might want try some of the other Quatermain stories first (King Solomon's Mines is a must and John Nicholson's Librivox reading is well worth listening to! But also try "Child of Storm", "Marie", and "Finished" among others). While the reader, John Nicholson, is clearly not a Brit, or a South African, something in his tone manages to convey the heart of the great hunter as well as the great expanses of South and Eastern Africa. I greatly enjoyed this recording and would recommend it. |
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