When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot
1919
When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot
1919
Three Englishmen. One forgotten island. And something ancient that should have stayed buried. Wealthy philosopher Humphrey Arbuthnot, devout clergyman Bastin, and skeptical surgeon Bickley set sail for the remote Pacific island of Orofena seeking adventure and answers. What they discover is a ghost city: streets empty, temples abandoned, an entire civilization vanished as if swallowed by time. But the island has not released its grip. Something remains in those silent places, something that will shatter their understanding of reality and force each man to confront what he truly believes about life, death, and the boundaries of the possible. Haggard weaves adventure with the metaphysical in this lesser-known masterpiece. The clash between Bastin's faith, Bickley's science, and Arbuthnot's spiritual seeking drives the narrative forward as much as the strange events on Orofena. It is a tale of men tested against the unknown, where the greatest adventure may be the one that transforms them from within. For readers who loved King Solomon's Mines and She, this novel offers the same propulsive storytelling with added philosophical depth.
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“When will man learn what was taught to him of old, that faith is the only plank wherewith he can float upon this sea and that his miserable works avail him nothing.””
— H. Rider Haggard
“Entre el cuerpo y el alma se ha amamantado mi espíritu, y ese espíritu ha destilado, de los fuegos de la tribulación, la esencia de un amor eterno.””
— H. Rider Haggard
“Thus, then, I too became a dreamer with only one longing, the longing for wisdom, for that spirit touch which should open my eyes and enable me to see.””
— H. Rider Haggard
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