The African Queen

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 06/30/1984
ISBN: 9780316289108
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.51w x 0.71d

Review Citations: Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 129

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