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by C.S. Forester
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Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it 7 years ago
My Square Markers and "Virgin" Bingo Card: "Virgin" card posted for ease of tracking and comparison. Black Kitty:Read but not called Black Vignette:Called but not read Black Kitty in Black Vignette:Read and Called Black Kitty Center Square: Read = Called Current Status of Sprea...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 10 years ago
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...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 11 years ago
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 ...
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 12 years ago
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.
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it 14 years ago
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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