novelnovelWhen the World ShookWhen the World ShooknovelNovelhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/396/original/whenWorldShookQuiverNov1918magazineCover.jpg?1518745035Possibly H. Rider Haggard's most spiritual romance, When the World Shook, Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley & Arbuthnot is a story dense with philosophical and religious ideas. Set partially i...Possibly H. Rider Haggard's most spiritual romance, <em>When the World Shook, Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley & Arbuthnot</em> is a story dense with philosophical and religious ideas. Set partially in<em>Th</em>...Possibly H. Rider Haggard's most spiritual romance, When the World Shook, Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley & Arbuthnot is a story dense with philosophical and religious ideas. Set partially in Atlantis, the three heroes—a millionaire, a pastor, and a scientist—must convince the ancient god they awaken not to destroy the world. The Quiver serialized WWS from November 1918 through April 1919, and this printing was illustrated by A. C. Michael. Cassell and Co., London, published the first book edition of WWS on 20 March 1919 in an issue of 14,000 copies. This edition featured four star-charts. Longmans, Green, New York, published the first US edition on 22 May 1919. Further Reading Whatmore, D. E. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. 63-64. Print.
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When the World Shook
Possibly H. Rider Haggard's most spiritual romance, When the World Shook, Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley & Arbuthnot is a story dense with philosophical and religious ideas. Set partially in Atlantis, the three heroes—a millionaire, a pastor, and a scientist—must convince the ancient god they awaken not to destroy the world. The Quiver serialized WWS from November 1918 through April 1919, and this printing was illustrated by A. C. Michael. Cassell and Co., London, published the first book edition of WWS on 20 March 1919 in an issue of 14,000 copies. This edition featured four star-charts. Longmans, Green, New York, published the first US edition on 22 May 1919.
Further Reading
Whatmore, D. E. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. 63-64. Print.
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Editions of When the World Shook
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 1
London: Cassell & Company, November 1918.
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 2
London: Cassell & Company, December 1918.
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1st US edition
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919.
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 3
London: Cassell & Company, January 1919.
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 4
London: Cassell & Company, February 1919.
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 5
London: Cassell & Company, March 1919.
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The Quiver, vol. 54, no. 6
London: Cassell & Company, April 1919.
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1st Edition Thus
London: Cassell, 1933.
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Our eyes met, and I suppose that she saw the wonder and admiration in mine
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The crowd advanced, we standing quite still, looking as dignified as we could I, the tallest, in the middle
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Then she bent down ostensibly to pat Tomm...really, I knew, it was to hide her tears
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The captain came down into the saloon very white and shaken
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The man, shot through the heart, sprang into the air
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There suddenly appeared what looked like a gigantic man
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I hesitated till I saw Marama lifting the heavy wooden spear
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Oro's chart of the stars as he calculated that they would appear at his awakening; Key chart to the above
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Oro's chart of the stars made by him about 250,000 years ago; Key chart to the above; Oro's chart of the stars as he calculated that they would appear at his awakening; Key chart to the above
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'Daughter, lead these strangers to me; I would speak with them.'
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'O Friend-from-the-Sea,' called Marama
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Then the candles burnt up and we saw
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They rushed about battering each other with their fists and wooden weapons
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He started and stepped back, and for a moment seemed a little frightened
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Then she lifted a strange-looking, shallow, metal cup
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We looked and by degrees the vast space of the apse before us became alive with forms
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Still more and more of them came till the cities crumbled away
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'This was your wife,' she said
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I woke up to see him seated by my bed
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The motor-bus burst into fragments and its passengers hurtled through the air
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An officer stood between them with a drawn sword fronting the terrified child
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'But, oh! Humphrey, do not ask too much of the god of my people, Fate'
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As he spoke, the revolver flew out of Bastin's hand
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'I thank thee, God of my people from the beginning,' he cried
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I looked over the edge of this pit and shrank back terrified
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The shutter fell, and from behind it there sprang out a rush of living flame
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'Get you gone, and quickly, before my mood changes,' he said
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We struggled on desperately
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