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  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409058953
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

The Lost World




Arthur Conan Doyle leaves Baker Street far behind in this ripping yarn about a undiscovered land where dinosaurs and ape-men roam

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.

  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409058953
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).

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Praise for The Lost World

A wonderfully written book which I loved as a child. I have dreamt of playing its central character Professor Challenger ever since. I feel Conan Doyle's story has many salutary lessons for mankind and that when we visit lost lands we should do our best to leave no footprints

Brian Blessed, Daily Express

Hugely influential... A classic adventure yarn about a dinosaur-infested South American plateau...The irascible Professor Challenger - Doyle's own favourite among all his characters - blusters his way through with his Assyrian beard and booming voice

Scotsman

Conan Doyle gives Jules Verne a run for his money

Daily Telegraph

A brilliantly entertaining story of old-fashioned derring-do

Daily Mail

A science fiction masterpiece

Washington Post
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