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The Ivory ChildH. Rider Haggard

The Ivory Child

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Original author: H. Rider Haggard

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"The Ivory Child" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel featuring Allan Quatermain. Two priests from the White Kendah People travel to England seeking Quatermain's help. Their people face annihilation from the Black Kendah, whose evil god inhabits the largest elephant ever seen—a beast no man can kill. Quatermain must return to Africa to destroy this supernatural threat before an entire civilization perishes. The novel explores themes of memory loss and fate.

The Ivory Child, by H. Rider Haggard. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2841.

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21 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Allan Gives a Shooting Lesson3,713 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Allan Makes a Bet6,319 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Miss Holmes4,119 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Harût and Marût4,763 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: The Plot4,106 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Bona Fide Gold Mine6,467 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: Lord Ragnall’s Story5,334 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: The Start3,727 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: The Meeting in the Desert6,104 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Charge!5,870 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Allan Is Captured4,870 words
  1. 12.Chapter XII: The First Curse5,104 words
  2. 13.Chapter XIII: Jana5,291 words
  3. 14.Chapter XIV: The Chase5,022 words
  4. 15.Chapter XV: The Dweller in the Cave6,164 words
  5. 16.Chapter XVI: Hans Steals the Keys4,330 words
  6. 17.Chapter XVII: The Sanctuary and the Oath7,595 words
  7. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Embassy5,011 words
  8. 19.Chapter XIX: Allan Quatermain Misses6,742 words
  9. 20.Chapter XX: Allan Weeps5,276 words
  10. 21.Chapter XXI: Homewards4,217 words