Quest of the Golden Pearl
John Robert Hutchinson
26 chapters · 6 h 26 min · English
Read by Lynne T, Gloria Begemann, Bridget Herbes, CPvoice, Antonio, K. Adrian Stroet
Action & Adventure
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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
1 The Shark-Charmer Walks the Plank 10 min 2 A Stroke of Luck and an After-Stroke 10 min 3 The Quest Begins 25 min 4 Introduces Bosin, and Tells How Captain Mango Proved Himself a Trump 25 min 5 The Lascar Gets his Knife Back 24 min 6 In the Thick of it 27 min 7 'Fin or Fighting - I'm Ready Anyhow!' 16 min 8 At the Haunted Pagodas 25 min 9 Was it Jack? 22 min 10 In Which the Old Saw, 'Out of the Frying-Pan, Into the Fire' is Reversed, with Startling Effect 16 min 11 Into the Heart of the Hill 13 min 12 Relates How a Wrong Road Led to the Right Place 10 min 13 Captain Mango 'Goes Aloft' 20 min 14 Shrouded in a Hammock 12 min 15 The Crocodile Pit 8 min 16 Don Sets a Death-Trap for the Lascar 7 min 17 The Blast of a Conch-Shell 12 min 18 Between Life and Death 12 min 19 One-to-Twenty Gives Twenty-to-One the Worst of it 8 min 20 The Last Straw 18 min 21 Rivals for the Honours of Death 13 min 22 A Report From the Sea 14 min 23 Don Runs the Gauntlet 13 min 24 In the Nick of Time 13 min 25 The Shark-Charmer is Caught in his Own Trap 6 min 26 Brings the Quest to an End 7 min
