# Allan Quatermain — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph sets a mournful tone, lamenting a fallen warrior and calling upon vultures to shriek over his tomb, while nightingales are asked to refrain from singing.
- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to his son, Arthur John Rider Haggard, expressing the hope that the adventures of Allan Quatermain and his companions will inspire him and other boys to aspire to the ideal of the English Ge
- [Allan Quatermain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/allan-quatermain.md): The chapter introduces Allan Quatermain, who reflects on his life and the loss of his son Harry. He decides to leave England for Africa, joining Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good on a new adventure. The group sets sail, 
- [The Consul's Yarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/i-the-consul-s-yarn.md): Sir Henry Curtis, Allan Quatermain, and Captain Good decide to embark on a new African expedition to Mount Kenia and beyond, driven by restlessness and a desire for adventure. They are joined by Umslopogaas, a Zulu warri
- [II: The Black Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/ii-the-black-hand.md): The adventurers depart from Lamu and travel to Charra on the Tana River, encountering ruined ancient cities and a quarrel with their bearers, who steal their goods and flee. They purchase canoes and continue upstream, fa

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- [III: The Mission Station](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/iii-the-mission-station.md)
- [IV: Alphonse and His Annette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/iv-alphonse-and-his-annette.md)
- [V: Umslopogaas Makes a Promise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/v-umslopogaas-makes-a-promise.md)
- [VI: The Night Wears On](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/vi-the-night-wears-on.md)
- [VII: A Slaughter Grim and Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/vii-a-slaughter-grim-and-great.md)
- [VIII: Alphonse Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/viii-alphonse-explains.md)
- [IX: Into the Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/ix-into-the-unknown.md)
- [X: The Rose of Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/x-the-rose-of-fire.md)
- [The Frowning City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xi-the-frowning-city.md)
- [XII: The Sister Queens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xii-the-sister-queens.md)
- [XIII: About the Zu-Vendi People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xiii-about-the-zu-vendi-people.md)
- [XIV: The Flower Temple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xiv-the-flower-temple.md)
- [XV: Sorais’s Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xv-sorais-s-song.md)
- [Before the Statue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xvi-before-the-statue.md)
- [XVII: The Storm Breaks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xvii-the-storm-breaks.md)
- [XVIII: War! Red War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xviii-war-red-war.md)
- [XIX: A Strange Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xix-a-strange-wedding.md)
- [XX: The Battle of the Pass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xx-the-battle-of-the-pass.md)
- [XXI: Away! Away!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xxi-away-away.md)
- [How Umslopogaas Held the Stair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xxii-how-umslopogaas-held-the-stair.md)
- [XXIII: I Have Spoken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xxiii-i-have-spoken.md)
- [XXIV: By Another Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/xxiv-by-another-hand.md)
- [Note by George Curtis Esq.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/note-by-george-curtis-esq.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/allan_quatermain_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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