The African Queen

by Clare West, C.S. Forester (Original Author)

The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. No one would take a boat like that down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa during the First World War. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut do just that. They come close to death many times, but no one would expect a missionary's sister and a rough, uneducated mechanic to fall in love . . . The film of this famous love and adventure story, made in 1951, starred Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, and went on to become one of the most popular films ever made.

Genres: Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2004

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years of TEFL classroom experience in the UK and abroad, and has led teacher workshops in Europe and South America. Associated with Cambridge examination courses, she became a freelance author, contributing to Oxford Bookworms and Dominoes and serving as Series Editor for Oxford Bookworms Playscripts.

Reviews

[Siham Fitouri ʚɞ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four lovely stars for WOMEN roles in life !!

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Made me want to see the movie after reading it - I read C S Forester's original book - not sure what this version is.

[Teo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a story about a man and lady. They had a trip with a boat called african queen

[Vika · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was interesting, but is no my cup of tea. I was surprised - there were a lot of words (level only 4), that I still don't know (about technic, steamboats, landscape, river trip). The words that are not common in life. I like the envolving relationship between man and woman on a dangerous voyage.

[Alejandra Riquelme · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo leí en la universidad y me gustó.
Es una historia ágil de mucha aventura.

[Anniusca · Rating 3 out of 5]

M'ha fet molta gràcia saber que hook és ganxo i que, per tant, el Capità Hook de Peter Pan és el Capità Ganxo!
Per la resta, el llibret està bé... Amb sorpreseta final del Charlie-Allnutt!