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'While engaged on this hunt I felt the earth quiver under my feet, and heard a soft big soughing sound, and looking round saw I had dropped in on a hippo banquet...' Told with verve and self-mocking wit, the adventures of doughty female Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley describe stumbling upon five hippos by night, dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Mary Kingsley (1862-1900). Kingsley's work is available in Penguin Classics in Travels in West Africa.

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A Hippo Banquet | Mary Kingsley

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A brilliant tale of adventure from the life of Mary Kingsley and her travels in West Africa. They are utterly incredible, and I enjoyed her humour and wit which shone right through in her writing.

Definitely worth a read.

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A Hippo Banquet | Mary Kingsley

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Pioneering Victorian lady explorer Mary Kingsley recounts her travels in west Africa, including encounters with hippos, snakes, elephants, gorillas, and leopards. Conflicting attitudes about the native African tribes are problematic though.

charissharpe Sounds fascinating. 7y

Brie @thechroniclesofcharis it's really interesting, she has a sense of humor about her travels too. This is just excerpts from her larger work

Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons

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