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When the World Shook

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(3,614 Sterne; 22 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

Arbuthnot Describes Himself

28:25

Read by ToddHW

Bastin and Bickley

21:28

Read by Jarrod Wetzel-Brown

Natalie

20:19

Read by Jarrod Wetzel-Brown

Death and Departure

22:01

Read by Jarrod Wetzel-Brown

The Cyclone

28:36

Read by Tim Quinn

Land

23:11

Read by mythdom

The Orofenans

26:40

Read by Daniel Holbrow

Bastin Attempts the Martyr’s Crown

30:45

Read by Alan Lord

The Island in the Lake

28:44

Read by Oneofone56

The Dwellers in the Tomb

26:20

Read by Adam Thompson

Resurrection

28:52

Read by Adam Thompson

Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!

31:00

Read by Adam Thompson

Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues

25:30

Read by Adam Thompson

The Under-world

26:51

Read by sophiatbow

Oro in His House

19:40

Read by czandra

Visions of the Past

30:38

Read by Darrell Nobles

Yva Explains

35:21

Read by TheIntern356

The Accident

38:02

Read by Francesco F

The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley

26:06

Read by czandra

Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night

37:50

Read by TR Love

Love’s Eternal Altar

25:49

Read by TR Love

The Command

27:53

Read by Elroi

In the Temple of Fate

37:57

Read by Elroi

The Chariot of the Pit

37:07

Read by fshort

Sacrifice

27:25

Read by Howard Skyman

Tommy

27:43

Read by TR Love

Bastin Discovers a Resemblance

13:49

Read by Howard Skyman

NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.

3:38

Read by Jade Leah Pilling

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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 Sterne)