Originally published in 1912, this imaginative fantasy unfolds with humor and good-natured satirical eye for pedantry. When their bridge to civilization collapses, the explorers find themselves marooned among dinosaurs and savage ape-people.

Professor Challenger's doughty troupe includes a skeptical colleague, Professor Summerlee the cool-headed, plucky sportsman Lord John Roxton and the narrator, the intrepid reporter Edward Malone. In The Lost World, Doyle, a devotee of the occult and fantastic tales of adventure and discovery, introduces his readers to Professor Challenger, an eccentric paleontologist, on his suspense-filled search for prehistoric creatures in the wilds of the Amazon. The restless, questing intellect of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spurred him far beyond the ingenious puzzles he constructed for Sherlock Holmes. This new critical edition explores the cultural contexts of one of the most entertaining books ever written. Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of adventure and discovery remains as witty and enthralling as when it first appeared in 1912. They too must take part in an ancient struggle for survival. The adventurers find themselves trapped in a world lost in time, inhabited by dinosaurs and apemen. About the Book This imaginative 1912 fantasy recounts a jungle expedition's encounter with living dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures as it follows an eccentric paleontologist and his companions into the wilds of the Amazon.īook Synopsis Headed by the larger than life figure of Professor Challenger, a scientific expedition sets out to explore a mysterious plateau in the Amazon rainforest.

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