The Lost World (1912), by Arthur Conan Doyle - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530805643 ISBN 13: 9781530805648

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures. Edward Malone, a reporter for the Daily Gazette, goes to his news editor, McArdle, to procure a dangerous and adventurous mission in order to impress the woman he loves, Gladys Hungerton. He is sent to interview Professor George Edward Challenger, to determine the truth of his claims about his trip to South America. After a fight with Malone, Challenger reveals his discovery of living dinosaurs in South America, and invites Malone, along with Professor Summerlee and Lord John Roxton, an adventurer who knows the Amazon, on a trip to prove his story. They reach the plateau with the aid of native guides; but one of these, called Gomez, is the brother of a man that Roxton killed, and isolates the explorers on the dinosaurs' plateau, and their servant Zambo is unable to prevent the rest of the guides from escape.

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Review:

"The Lost World . . . provide[s] evidence that Doyle had it in him to be one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time."--Sam Moskowitz

"From the Trade Paperback edition.

Book Description:

As the poster for the movie had it : 'Something has survived...'

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530805643
• ISBN 13: 9781530805648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132