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The Quest of the Golden Pearl

John Robert Hutchinson (1858 - 1921)

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

Genre(s): Action & Adventure

Language: English

Keyword(s): adventure (993), boys (63), island (20), thief (15), danger (11), Ceylon (6), haunted (6), jewels (5), Temple (3)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Shark-Charmer Walks the Plank	Lynne T	00:09:50
Play 02	A Stroke of Luck and an After-Stroke	Lynne T	00:10:30
Play 03	The Quest Begins	Gloria Begemann	00:25:29
Play 04	Introduces Bosin, and Tells How Captain Mango Proved Himself a Trump	Gloria Begemann	00:24:35
Play 05	The Lascar Gets his Knife Back	Gloria Begemann	00:23:44
Play 06	In the Thick of it.	Gloria Begemann	00:27:00
Play 07	'Fin or Fighting - I'm Ready Anyhow!'	Bridget Herbes	00:16:15
Play 08	At the Haunted Pagodas	Gloria Begemann	00:25:20
Play 09	Was it Jack?	Gloria Begemann	00:22:24
Play 10	In Which the Old Saw, 'Out of the Frying-Pan, Into the Fire' is Reversed, with Startling Effect	Gloria Begemann	00:15:55
Play 11	Into the Heart of the Hill	Gloria Begemann	00:13:03
Play 12	Relates How a Wrong Road Led to the Right Place	Gloria Begemann	00:10:27
Play 13	Captain Mango 'Goes Aloft'	Gloria Begemann	00:19:40
Play 14	Shrouded in a Hammock	CPvoice	00:12:09
Play 15	The Crocodile Pit	CPvoice	00:07:40
Play 16	Don Sets a Death-Trap for the Lascar	Lynne T	00:07:12
Play 17	The Blast of a Conch-Shell	Lynne T	00:11:33
Play 18	Between Life and Death	Lynne T	00:12:26
Play 19	One-to-Twenty Gives Twenty-to-One the Worst of it	Antonio	00:07:32
Play 20	The Last Straw	Antonio	00:17:47
Play 21	Rivals for the Honours of Death	Gloria Begemann	00:12:49
Play 22	A Report From the Sea	Gloria Begemann	00:14:04
Play 23	Don Runs the Gauntlet	Gloria Begemann	00:12:34
Play 24	In the Nick of Time	Gloria Begemann	00:12:57
Play 25	The Shark-Charmer is Caught in his Own Trap	K. Adrian Stroet	00:06:04
Play 26	Brings the Quest to an End	K. Adrian Stroet	00:07:23

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