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The Lost World

Pages
248
Published
1912
Language
English

Synopsis

Join journalist Edward Malone on an extraordinary expedition deep into the Amazon. He's seeking adventure and finds it with the brilliant Professor Challenger, leading them to a hidden world where prehistoric creatures still roam. It's a journey into the unknown, filled with danger and discovery.

About the author

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy an...

Characters

Edward MaloneProtagonist

A young Daily Gazette reporter who joins the expedition to prove his courage and win the affection of a woman back in London.

Professor ChallengerProtagonist

A brilliant, pugnacious zoologist who claims to have found a South American plateau where prehistoric creatures survive, and leads the expedition to prove it.

Prof. SummerleeSupporting

An elderly, skeptical zoologist who joins the expedition determined to disprove Challenger's claims about the plateau.

Lord John RoxtonSupporting

A seasoned big-game hunter and South American explorer recruited for the expedition for his marksmanship and field experience.

Gladys HungertonSupporting

Malone's love interest in London, whose challenge that he do something heroic first sends him after the expedition.

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