The
character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and
occasional trader in southern Africa, who
supports colonial efforts to spread civilization in the Dark Continent, though
he also favours native Africans having a say in their affairs. An outdoorsman who
finds English cities and climate unbearable, he prefers to spend most of his
life in Africa, where he grew up under the care of his widower father, a
Christian missionary. In the earliest-written
novels, native Africans refer to Quatermain as Macumazahn, meaning
"Watcher-by-Night," a reference to his nocturnal habits and keen
instincts. In later-written novels, Macumazahn is said to be a short form
of Macumazana, meaning "One who stands out." Quatermain
is frequently accompanied by his native servant, the Hottentot Hans, a wise and caring family retainer from his youth.
His sarcastic comments offer a sharp critique of European conventions. In his
final adventures, Quatermain is joined by two British companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good of
the Royal Navy, and by his African
friend Umslopogaas.
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Book Name : Allan
Quatermain
Book Writer: Henry Rider
Haggard Book
Publish Year : 1987
Bangla Translation by Koshru Chawdhury (Sheba Prokashoni)
Language : BanglaBook Format
: PDF
Language : English
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