Jess
H. Rider Haggard
Read by Jim Locke
The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are complicated love entanglements, evil Machiavellian treachery, political reflection having to do with the ethics of the colonialism of the day, for one subject for thought, and war in all its lurid and shocking and murderous detail. (10 hr 4 min)
Chapters
| John Has an Adventure | 12:00 | Read by Jim Locke |
| How the Sisters Came to Mooifontein | 24:25 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Mr. Frank Muller | 18:29 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Bessie Is Asked in Marriage | 16:57 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Dreams Are Foolishness | 14:49 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Storm Breaks | 18:57 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Love's Young Dream | 15:30 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Jess Goes to Pretoria | 14:16 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Jantje's Story | 14:50 | Read by Jim Locke |
| John Has an Escape | 22:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
| On the Brink | 14:42 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Over It | 22:00 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Frank Muller Shows His Hand | 16:48 | Read by Jim Locke |
| John to the Rescue | 17:33 | Read by Jim Locke |
| A Rough Journey | 17:02 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Pretoria | 17:26 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Twelfth of February | 20:06 | Read by Jim Locke |
| And After | 16:44 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Hans Coetzee Comes to Pretoria | 16:29 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Great Man | 16:07 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Jess Gets a Pass | 14:12 | Read by Jim Locke |
| On the Road | 15:03 | Read by Jim Locke |
| In the Drift of the Vaal | 23:59 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Shadow of Death | 18:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Meanwhile | 17:32 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Frank Muller's Familiar | 15:49 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Silas Is Convinced | 18:08 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Bessie Is Put the Question | 18:32 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Condemned to Death | 15:46 | Read by Jim Locke |
| We Must Part, John | 16:31 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Jess Finds a Friend | 16:24 | Read by Jim Locke |
| He Shall Die | 18:48 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Vengeance | 16:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Tanta Coetzee | 16:51 | Read by Jim Locke |
| The Conclusion of the Matter | 12:59 | Read by Jim Locke |
Reviews
Another of Haggard's Greats
Luella
Good book, though seemed rather short by the end. The reader was VERY difficult to listen to, however. (My sister couldn't do it, so I got her the book). I alternated between reading and listening, because it is nice to be able to listen while I work. I had to really pay attention to get much, though, and I'm suprised the reader didn't ruin any of the characters for me.