Set in nineteenth-century South Africa during a time of conflict, deprivation and hardship, the tale Jess is something of a departure from the typical formula of H. Rider Haggard's novels. Following the travails of a pair of sisters who are fighting...
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Set in nineteenth-century South Africa during a time of conflict, deprivation and hardship, the tale Jess is something of a departure from the typical formula of H. Rider Haggard's novels. Following the travails of a pair of sisters who are fighting to save their family's farm, Jess is a captivating look at the brave sacrifices that so many people are called on to make in wartime
JESS; Contents; Chapter I - John Has an Adventure; Chapter II - How the Sisters Came to Mooifontein; Chapter III - Mr. Frank Muller; Chapter IV - Bessie is Asked in Marriage; Chapter V - Dreams Are Foolishness; Chapter VI - The Storm Breaks; Chapter VII - Love's Young Dream; Chapter VIII - Jess Goes to Pretoria; Chapter IX - Jantje's Story; Chapter X - John Has an Escape; Chapter XI - On the Brink; Chapter XII - Over It; Chapter XIII - Frank Muller Shows His Hand; Chapter XIV - John to the Rescue; Chapter XV - A Rough Journey; Chapter XVI - Pretoria; Chapter XVII - The Twelfth of February
Chapter XVIII - And AfterChapter XIX - Hans Coetzee Comes to Pretoria; Chapter XX - The Great Man; Chapter XXI - Jess Gets a Pass; Chapter XXII - On the Road; Chapter XXIII - In the Drift of the Vaal; Chapter XXIV - The Shadow of Death; Chapter XXV - Meanwhile; Chapter XXVI - Frank Muller's Familiar; Chapter XXVII - Silas is Convinced; Chapter XXVIII - Bessie is Put to the Question; Chapter XXIX - Condemned to Death; Chapter XXX - "We Must Part, John"; Chapter XXXI - Jess Finds a Friend; Chapter XXXII - He Shall Die; Chapter XXXIII - Vengeance; Chapter XXXIV - Tanta Coetzee to the Rescue
Chapter XXXV - The Conclusion of the MatterEndnotes;
