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The Lost World [Kindle Edition]

Arthur Conan Doyle
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Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behaviour towards the natives, he's a lot of fun.

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As Thinking Boy's Adventure it can't be beaten - and the narrator sounds uncannily like a driven 19th-century adventurer himself! --Rachel Redford

The author is ably supported by Glenn McCready, who delivers a reading very much in the nineteenth-century style. He plays up the characters' big personalities and celebrates the rather orotund style of the writing, which isn't as tight as in the Holmes books. Not for modern-fiction-only readers, this book will appeal most to lovers of nineteenth-century literature. --Maine Portland, Audio File

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 385 KB
  • Print Length: 237 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1478222050
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
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  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004UJDLJE
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  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #231 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars AN ALL TIME CLASSIC 30 Oct 2002
Format:Paperback
This book was written over a hundred years ago but you'd never know it. Conan Doyle writes a gripping adventure story that will astound you, if you only thought he wrote Sherlock Holmes stories. The thing about Conan Doyle and indeed H G Wells is that their stories can be read today with ease and great enjoyment. You will not read a novel more entertaining than The Lost World this year. Like a fine wine this story improves with age.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A high-adventure, scientific thriller 30 Nov 2002
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was really a very talented writer, and he had many tales to tell that did not involve the famous Sherlock Holmes. The Lost World is perhaps the best known of his noncanonical stories. He describes a lush, mysterious plateau in the remote Amazonian regions of South America in which creatures thought to have died out eons ago still stalk the earth. Professor Challenger, while possessing some of the confidence and intellect of a Holmes, could not be more different in his passions and boisterous, conceited behavior; it is his contention that a "lost world" does exist. Recruiting a disbelieving zoologist, a famed adventurer, and a fresh, young newspaper man to go with him, the group sets out for the inaccessible reaches of the jungle and manages, after some great effort, to reach the isolated plateau. By an act of treachery by an Indian bearing a grudge against the famed Lord Roxton, their portal of entry is destroyed, leaving them trapped in the mysterious new land they dub Maple White Land after an American who earlier discovered the place but died soon thereafter (but not before encountering Professor Challenger in the Amazon and revealing to him its existence and location). They build a camp and begin investigating the area, quickly discovering unknown forms of plant life and animal life, including dinosaurs and pterodactyls. As if the monstrous reptilian beasts aren't hazard enough for them, they soon find themselves besieged by a vicious race of ape-men, whom they eventually take on in alliance with a separate race of Indians. The newspaperman narrates events in a series of postings he manages to get sent back to London, describing the creatures and their habits....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Story 9 Oct 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Lost World is an exciting, well written story with beautifully drawn characters and touches of humour and philosophy which raise it to the highest level of literature. I particularly enjoyed the dynamic between the two professors. As well as being a classic story of adventure and discovery - and presumably an inspiration behind the film Jurassic Park 2 [DVD], there is a strong personal story of self-discovery for the central character and narrator, Edward Malone. The only thing that caused me to raise my eyebrows at times was the degree of intervention the scientists and explorers allowed themselves in the lost world they visit - but this was written in the early twentieth century when a different ethos prevailed. I was also mildly distracted by the use of American spelling in places in a book written by a Scottish author; but without another version to compare, I cannot tell if this was a modification made for the Kindle version. All in all, highly recommended.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Meet Professor Challenger 21 April 2011
By M. Dowden HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was the first of Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger stories, and arguably still the best. Narrated by journalist Edward Malone, this is the tale of how he went about meeting Professor Challenger, and hopefully uncovering a hoax, but instead found himself on an expedition with Challenger, Professor Summerlee, and Lord John Roxton.

Since Professor Challenger has come back from South America no one will believe him about strange creatures, even though he shows his evidence. In the end a small expedition is mounted to determine whether Challenger is pulling a hoax, or indeed has found un undiscovered area, where dinosaurs still walk the Earth.

Full of adventure at the discovery of a 'lost world' our intrepid explorers have more to deal with than dinosaurs, there are also two different tribes in the area, and our group seem to be stranded for all time. Will they ever be able to return to the normal world, or even survive their trip?

I suspect like many people I read this when I was still at school, but it is one of those tales that is worth reading more than once, and is great to introduce younger readers to adventure.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Grand adventure in 1910s 26 Feb 2003
Format:Paperback
Edward Malone, reporter for the Daily Gazette, finds himself caught up in the claims of the eccentric Professor G. E. Challenger to have found a South American plateau where dinosaurs still live. Malone volunteers for a fact-finding mission, along with the dubious Professor Summerlee and the fearless big game hunter Lord John Roxton. The band voyages to South America, journeys to the plateau, and finds it filled with plants and animals for many different epochs. Finding themselves marooned on the plateau, the team faces many dangers and adventures.

While somewhat dated, this book is well written and exciting to read. As a matter of fact, part of the book's charm is its pre-Great War feel. If you like adventure stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, or big game hunters, then this book is for you!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Brilliant, a really good adventure book to read.
If your into dinosaurs you will love it and its easy to read and I couldn't put it down.
Published 2 days ago by Trudy Edgar
5.0 out of 5 stars great
Prompt service, fast and efficient. The product was exactly as described and worked as it should. What more can be said!
Published 4 days ago by Anthony N Peacock
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
Great book, wonderful to read it again. I would always recommend ACD as an insight into the views from a past generation.
Published 11 days ago by CHarles
5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing departure from the Sherlock Holmes stories
In this tale, I suspect Arthur Conan Doyle was having a go at the the Honourable Learned Gentlemen of the the Victorian Era Royal Society, who were famed for their pompousness and... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Chris Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you
This was a free item, but I enjoyed it. I used to borrow books from a local library, but have begun to get something to read from Amazon. Thank you.
Published 18 days ago by White owl
5.0 out of 5 stars classic pulp fiction
Still reads well after all these years and a classic novel of the genre. Fascinating also to see how much attitudes have changed not least to dealing with endangered species! Read more
Published 22 days ago by dik dastardly
5.0 out of 5 stars Rediscovered !
A great story and something of an adventure as well. A film was made of this book some years ago but no doubt does not compare in any shape or form to the written word.
Published 22 days ago by Contented Customer.
3.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure
This is great fun. The characters are vivid and the descriptions are unforgettable. The book is clearly 100 years old though with some dubious racist and imperialist attitudes on... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Kath Page
4.0 out of 5 stars My review
This is one of the classics and this is the first time I had read it. It was good to read the different writing style
Published 25 days ago by Lorraine Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing amazing!
It doesn't matter how old this book is, it is absolutely brilliant and easily makes it into my top five fave books of all time! Give it a go, you won't regret it.
Published 26 days ago by Lillie Elsworth
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