The Lost World (Vintage Classics) - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099528525 ISBN 13: 9780099528524

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2011

Synopsis

The notorious Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still walk the earth. When the press and the scientific community ridicule him, Challenger vows to show them proof. And so he sets off for South America, accompanied by a big game hunter, a scientist and a young reporter eager to impress the woman he loves. On a remote plateau in the middle of impenetrable jungle, they discover the impossible truth, but must battle monsters and men before they can bring their testimony home.

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Title: Lost World <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Arthur Conan Doyle <>Publisher: VINTAGE

Review:

Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behaviour towards the natives, he's a lot of fun.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099528525
• ISBN 13: 9780099528524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256