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Allan Quatermain

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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WAR!
RED WAR!
Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
It was a sight to watch Curtis face as he heard it.
Great Heavens!” he said: here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murderedand all through me, too.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Allan Quatermain

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
WAR!
Line 2
RED WAR!
Line 3
Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Line 4
It was a sight to watch Curtisface as he heard it.
Line 5
Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murderedand all through me, too.

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

all

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

and

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

as

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

away

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

been

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

clothes

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Curtis

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

face

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

for

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Great

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

have

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

he

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

heard

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

Heavens

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

Henry's

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

here

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

him

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

his

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

I

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

into

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

It

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

me

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

murdered

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

my

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

nearly

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

Nyleptha

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

off

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

RED

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From this reading RED WAR!

repeated

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

room

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

said

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

sight

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

Sir

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

sleeping

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

story

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Telling

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

the

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

through

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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

too

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

tumbled

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Umslopogaas

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

wait

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

WAR

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading WAR!

was

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

watch

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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.

went

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

where

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

while

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

word

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Zulu

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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.

Chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain contain?

Chapter 19 holds 220 sentences of Allan Quatermain, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 220 sentences, grouped into 44 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 19 of Allan Quatermain?

Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 44 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 19 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 19 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Allan Quatermain

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Is this the complete text of Allan Quatermain?

Yes. All 4171 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #711 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #711, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Allan Quatermain take to read?

About 347 minutes of reading across 835 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Allan Quatermain

Words and structures a reader meets early in Allan Quatermain, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Inscribe
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Allan Quatermain; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Adventure
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Arthur
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Rider
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