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Allan Quatermain

A grizzled elephant-hunter and gold prospector who has spent a lifetime in Africa, telling his wildest adventures from an oak-panelled Yorkshire vestibule.

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Also known as myself, your, I

First appearance: Hunter Quatermain's Story

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The narrator and hunter, who arrives at Sir Henry Curtis's home and later recounts his hunting expedition in Africa.

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Allan Quatermain is the voice through which these stories reach us — a veteran hunter who has traded years of his life for a rough fortune in ivory and gold, and who now recounts his past to a visitor by the fire. He is a man of restless curiosity and occasional folly, as his disastrous investment in a Pilgrims' Rest gold claim shows, yet he is also a keen observer of landscapes and people. His storytelling frames the entire collection, and his willingness to admit his own mistakes makes him an unusually honest guide into the dangers ahead.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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Aftermath
Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Quatermain’s search for a lost half-sovereign leads him to di…

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Hunter Quatermain's Story
The narrator and hunter, who arrives at Sir Henry Curtis's home and later recounts his hunting expedition in Africa.
Long Odds
Narrator and protagonist; recalls a dangerous lion encounter in Sikukuni's country in 1869.
A Tale of Three Lions
Narrator and protagonist, recounts his lion hunting experience.
The Interest on Ten Shillings
The narrator and protagonist, an old elephant-hunter who returns to England but feels out of place in civilization. He recounts his gold-mining experience at Pilgrims' Rest.
What Was Found in the Pool
Narrator and hunter; leads the search for Jim-Jim and shoots the lioness.
III: Jim-Jim Is Avenged
Narrates the chapter; plans and executes the revenge on the lioness.
Magepa the Buck
Narrator and witness to Magepa's sacrifice; he rescues Magepa and the child from the river.
Endnotes
Referenced as the author of the account of adventures in Zu-Vendis.

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