Quest of the Golden Pearl

by John Robert Hutchinson

26 chapters6h 26mEnglish1897

About this book

A classic boys' adventure story, with two intrepid boys pursuing a jewel thief despite deadly perils and a haunted temple on a desolate island. The book has been made into an online game for modern-day treasure hunters. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Chapters (26)

1The Shark-Charmer Walks the Plank

590

2A Stroke of Luck and an After-Stroke

630

3The Quest Begins

1529

4Introduces Bosin, and Tells How Captain Mango Proved Himself a Trump

1475

5The Lascar Gets his Knife Back

1424

6In the Thick of it.

1620

7'Fin or Fighting - I'm Ready Anyhow!'

975

8At the Haunted Pagodas

1520

9Was it Jack?

1344

10In Which the Old Saw, 'Out of the Frying-Pan, Into the Fire' is Reversed, with Startling Effect

955

11Into the Heart of the Hill

783

12Relates How a Wrong Road Led to the Right Place

627

13Captain Mango 'Goes Aloft'

1180

14Shrouded in a Hammock

729

15The Crocodile Pit

460

16Don Sets a Death-Trap for the Lascar

432

17The Blast of a Conch-Shell

693

18Between Life and Death

746

19One-to-Twenty Gives Twenty-to-One the Worst of it

452

20The Last Straw

1067

21Rivals for the Honours of Death

769

22A Report From the Sea

844

23Don Runs the Gauntlet

754

24In the Nick of Time

777

25The Shark-Charmer is Caught in his Own Trap

364

26Brings the Quest to an End

443

Quest of the Golden Pearl

About this book

Chapters (26)

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