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The African Queen
by FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966) [GORE LITTLE, G. M., editor]
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, Longmans' Abridged Books. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 209; [1]. Pictorial softcovers. Ex-libris stamp of Trevor Hickman to front paste-down, sunning to spine and light wearing to covers. Sunning to front cover, small pencilled 'w' to front cover. Very good. Set in 1915 on the treacherous rivers of war-torn Central Africa, the gin-sodden trader Charlie Allnut reluctantly agrees to help prim missionary Rose Sayer travel down river on a hazardous journey to destroy a German gun boat. The novel was first published in 1944, and this later edition (published in 1961) was abridged by G. M. Gore Little.
Synopsis
The African Queen is the story of a jerry-rigged attack on a German gunboat in Central Africa during the early days of World War I. An important subplot is the love story between the Charlie Allnutt, captain of the small launch named The African Queen, and Rose Sayer, the sister and companion of an Anglican missionary who dies in the first part of the novel. Rose's personality is the driving force of the attack, and the novel. Interestingly, the original UK edition has a happy ending, with the couple surviving to be married, but in the US edition, Allnutt dies during the attack. -
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- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Title
- The African Queen
- Author
- FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966) [GORE LITTLE, G. M., editor]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, 1961
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- LITERATURE;
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Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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