Sci-fi

The Lost World

by Arthur Conan DoyleBook 1 of 3 in Professor Challenger
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Description

An exciting account of a jungle expedition’s encounter with living dinosaurs, written with the same panache exhibited in the author’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. This 1912 novel, the first installment of the Professor Challenger series, follows an eccentric paleontologist and his companions into the wilds of the Amazon, where they discover iguanodons, pterodactyls, and savage ape-people.

What it’s like

ThemeComic Sci-FiMythic FantasyThe Quest
ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorCreepy
SpiceWholesome/Clean
ProfanityNone

Details

First published
1912
Pages
240
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
MIT Press
Language
English
ISBN
9780262545259
Series
Professor Challenger, Book 1

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