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Hunter Quatermain's Story

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In the Allan Quatermain adventure "Hunter Quatermain's Story," Haggard's famous big game hunter entertains a group of English dinner party attendees by recounting a dangerous and ultimately tragic expedition in Gatgarra, South Africa. Although Allan manages to escape a rampaging bull buffalo, the animal mortally injures his companion, the Zulu warrior Mashune.

A version of "HQS" illustrated by S. Carter was published in 1885 for the charitable anthology In a Good Cause. It was later published in Allan's Wife & Other Tales beside Allan's Wife, "A Tale of Three Lions," and "Long Odds." In the AW&OT edition, Charles Kerr and Maurice Greiffenhagen illustrated "HQS."

Further Reading


Haggard, H. Rider. “Hunter Quatermain’s Story.” In a Good Cause. Ed. Margaret S. Tyssen Amhearst. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, & Co., 1885. 211-237.


Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 76.


Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F11, 19-21.



Editions of Hunter Quatermain's Story

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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from In a Good Cause. London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1885.
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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from Allan's Wife And Other Tales. London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden, and Welsh, 1889.
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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from Allan's Wife And Other Tales. London: Spencer Blackett, 1889.

Illustrations from Hunter Quatermain's Story

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