The African Queen
by:
C.S. Forester (author)
First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together...
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First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. Fighting time, heat, malaria and bullets, the two have a dramatic rapprochement before the explosive ending of the book. This tale of unlikely love is thrilling and funny and ultimately satisfying.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316289108 (0316289108)
Publish date: June 30th 1984
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
Thriller
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bookshelves: winter-20142015, published-1935, re-visit-2015, radio-4 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from January 01, 1968 to February 26, 2015 BBC description: Samantha Bond and Toby Jones star in a new dramatisation of C.S. Forester's classic World...
I thought that The African Queen was a story about the male-female relationship. It was a story about how when men and women work together (as seen between Rose and Charlie) the two genders are at their best. When there is partnership and equality the couple can overcome powerful odds. But when ...
A good listen but not what I had expected. I thought there would be more humor but this was really a straight ahead adventure. The audio version was read by Michael Kitchen who kept the pace lively.
The basic set up: Missionary Rose Sayer is left high and dry after the Germans kill the villagers and her brother Samuel. Cockney boat owner Charley Allnut lets her ride along with him on his creaky old boat and Rose gets the brilliant idea to use the explosives on the boat to torpedo the Königin Lu...
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