The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
1912
4/5 stars
In the 1910s, Professor Challenger returns to England from a trip to South America, claiming to have discovered a plateau populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, but he has no evidence to prove it. Naturally, this is disbelieved, so a committee of Professor Summerlee (Challenger's professional rival), cub reporter Edward Malone, and well-known big game hunter Lord John Roxton sets out to prove or disprove Challenger's word. Challenger joins them in South America, and they have the adventure of a life-time exploring a lost world.
I have read this classic adventure several times; it's one of my favorites of both the genre and the time period. Doyle writes engagingly, and the plot is generally exciting. Being written before the South American continent had been fully explored, it would have been most thrilling for the contemporary audience. Over all, the Lost World is fun to read, especially for those accustomed to Doyle's style, and the mores of the Edwardian era.
A note about the audio book: Narrator Glen McCready is superb and heightened the enjoyment of the story.
Arthur Conan Doyle
19124/5 stars
In the 1910s, Professor Challenger returns to England from a trip to South America, claiming to have discovered a plateau populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, but he has no evidence to prove it. Naturally, this is disbelieved, so a committee of Professor Summerlee (Challenger's professional rival), cub reporter Edward Malone, and well-known big game hunter Lord John Roxton sets out to prove or disprove Challenger's word. Challenger joins them in South America, and they have the adventure of a life-time exploring a lost world.
I have read this classic adventure several times; it's one of my favorites of both the genre and the time period. Doyle writes engagingly, and the plot is generally exciting. Being written before the South American continent had been fully explored, it would have been most thrilling for the contemporary audience. Over all, the Lost World is fun to read, especially for those accustomed to Doyle's style, and the mores of the Edwardian era.
A note about the audio book: Narrator Glen McCready is superb and heightened the enjoyment of the story.
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| Illustration from the 1912 edition. |
