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When the World ShookH. Rider Haggard

When the World Shook

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Original author: H. Rider Haggard

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"When the World Shook" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel published in 1919. Three adventurers—Arbuthnot, Bickley, and Bastin—are shipwrecked on a South Sea island where they discover two figures in crystal coffins who have been unconscious for 250,000 years. Upon awakening, the powerful Oro and his daughter Yva reveal their ancient civilization's secrets. As Oro observes the modern world and grows disgusted with humanity, he prepares to reshape civilization through catastrophic destruction.

When the World Shook, by H. Rider Haggard. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1368.

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27 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Arbuthnot Describes Himself3,802 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Bastin and Bickley3,603 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Natalie3,711 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Death and Departure4,132 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: The Cyclone4,072 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Land4,715 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Orofenans4,314 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Bastin Attempts the Martyr’s Crown4,333 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: The Island in the Lake4,498 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: The Dwellers in the Tomb4,431 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Resurrection5,024 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!5,349 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues4,346 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Under-world4,270 words
  1. 15.Chapter XV: Oro in His House3,153 words
  2. 16.Chapter XVI: Visions of the Past4,018 words
  3. 17.Chapter XVII: Yva Explains4,833 words
  4. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Accident5,325 words
  5. 19.Chapter XIX: The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley4,437 words
  6. 20.Chapter XX: Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night5,461 words
  7. 21.Chapter XXI: Love’s Eternal Altar3,786 words
  8. 22.Chapter XXII: The Command3,620 words
  9. 23.Chapter XXIII: In the Temple of Fate4,928 words
  10. 24.Chapter XXIV: The Chariot of the Pit5,631 words
  11. 25.Chapter XXV: Sacrifice4,715 words
  12. 26.Chapter XXVI: Tommy4,133 words
  13. 27.Chapter XXVII: Bastin Discovers a Resemblance2,788 words