African Queen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316289108)

First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. Fighting time, heat, malaria and bullets, the two have a dramatic rapprochement before the explosive ending of the book. This tale of unlikely love is thrilling and funny and ultimately satisfying.

Author: C. S. Forester
ISBN-10: 0316289108
ISBN-13: 9780316289108
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1984
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.51w x 0.71d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66231 / African Queen


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 129