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In Desert and Wilderness

by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)

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  • 8 hours to read
  • 48 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"In Desert and Wilderness" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a young adult novel written in 1911. When fourteen-year-old Polish boy Staś and eight-year-old English girl Nell are kidnapped by rebels during the Mahdist War in Sudan, they endure a harrowing journey through the Sahara Desert. After a desperate act of survival leaves them stranded deep in Africa, the two children must navigate treacherous wilderness, dangerous wildlife, and disease as they search for rescue and a way home.

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  • Africa
  • Bildungsromans
  • Wilderness survival
  • Children
  • Adventure stories
  • Kidnapping
  • Sudan · History · 1881-1899

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Chapter I

IN DESERT AND WILDERNESS

"Do you know, Nell," said Stas Tarkowski to his friend, a little English girl, "that yesterday the police came and arrested the wife of Smain, the overseer, and her three children,—that Fatma who several times called at the office to see your father and mine."

And little Nell, resembling a beautiful picture, raised her greenish eyes to Stas and asked with mingled surprise and fright:

"Did they take her to prison?"

"No, but they will not let her go to the Sudân and an official has arrived who will see that she does not move a step out of Port Said."

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Contents

Show all 48 chapters
  1. Part First
  2. Chapter I
  3. Chapter II
  4. Chapter III
  5. Chapter IV
  6. Chapter V
  7. Chapter VI
  8. Chapter VII
  9. Chapter VIII
  10. Chapter IX
  11. Chapter X
  12. Chapter XI
  13. Chapter XII
  14. Chapter XIII
  15. Chapter XIV
  16. Chapter XV
  17. Chapter XVI
  18. Chapter XVII
  19. Chapter XVIII
  20. Chapter XIX
  21. Chapter XX
  22. Chapter XXI
  23. Part Second
  24. Chapter I
  25. Chapter II
  26. Chapter III
  27. Chapter IV
  28. Chapter V
  29. Chapter VI
  30. Chapter VII
  31. Chapter VIII
  32. Chapter IX
  33. Chapter X
  34. Chapter XI
  35. Chapter XII
  36. Chapter XIII
  37. Chapter XIV
  38. Chapter XV
  39. Chapter XVI
  40. Chapter XVII
  41. Chapter XVIII
  42. Chapter XIX
  43. Chapter XX
  44. Chapter XXI
  45. Chapter XXII
  46. Chapter XXIII
  47. Chapter XXIV
  48. Chapter XXV
  49. Conclusion
  50. Part II

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This free edition of In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #30365, released 2009-10-30. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Historical Novels, Children & Young Adult Reading, Adventure.

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