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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Heu-Heu, or The monster](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqzfwzj179c5xbgn8awt1dp/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260909%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260909T133139Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1889d35669b2dabf60a23d9f71ef38fdad97632f8dcf4ae6f634dc5831f496d5) ## About this work Heu-Heu, or The monster by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Heu-Heu, or The Monster by H. Rider Haggard Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1924 COPYRIGHT, 1923, 1924, BY H. RIDER HAGGARD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. First Edition CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE STORM CHAPTER II. THE PICTURE IN THE CAVE CHAPTER III. THE OPENER-OF-ROADS CHAPTER IV. THE LEGEND OF HEU-HEU CHAPTER V. ALLAN MAKES A PROMISE CHAPTER VI. THE BLACK RIVER CHAPTER VII. THE WALLOO CHAPTER VIII. THE HOLY ISLE CHAPTER IX. THE FEAST CHAPTER X. THE SACRIFICE CHAPTER XI. THE SLUICE GATE CHAPTER XII. THE PLOT CHAPTER XIII. THE TERRIBLE NIGHT CHAPTER XIV. THE END OF HEU-HEU CHAPTER XV. SABEELA’S FAREWELL CHAPTER XVI. RACE FOR LIFE AUTHOR’S NOTE The author wishes to state that this tale was written in its present form some time before the discovery in Rhodesia of the fossilized and immeasurably ancient remains of the proto-human person who might well have been one of the Heuheua, the “Hairy Wood-Folk,” of which it tells through the mouth of Allan Quatermain. Heu-Heu, or the Monster CHAPTER I. THE STORM Now I, the Editor, whose duty it has been as an executor or otherwise, to give to the world so many histories of, or connected with, the adventures of my dear friend, the late Allan Quatermain, or Macumazahn, Watcher-by-Night, as the natives in Africa used to call him, come to one of the most curious of them all. Here I should say at once that he told it to me many years ago at his house called “The Grange,” in Yorkshire, where I was staying, but a little while before he departed with Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good upon his last expedition into the heart of Africa, whence he returned no more. At… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fheu-heu-or-the-monster) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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