The Lost World

Name: The Lost World
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9781449802677

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Series: Professor Challenger #1

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2014

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis

Written by the legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World is one of the best-selling adventure stories of all time. A scientific expedition headed by Professor George Edward Challenger-Doyle's favorite fictional character-sets out to explore an isolated South American plateau where it is rumored that dinosaurs and other creatures from the Jurassic Era are still alive. This classic adventure novel continues to thrill modern listeners, pitting four men against the unknown with no guarantee any of them will return to the modern world.

About Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.

Reviews

Goodreads review by zuza_zaksiazkowane on July 23, 2021

3.5 TU WCALE NIE BYŁO DINOZAURÓW :( Ale książka bardzo przyjemna......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

Can we start with how this book (written in 1912) was based off of the "Friend Zone"?? "Poor" Edward Malone confesses his love for a girl but she is not interested. She tries telling him nicely, rudely and all ways in between but he just doesn't get it. She could but refuse me, and better be......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 25, 2022

A swashbuckling Victorian adventure! Like Monty Python's laughable character seeking a shrubbery for his uppity princess, Edward Malone, reporter for London's Daily Gazette, is an earnest young man in search of a quest. Gladys Hungerton, the flighty belle of Malone's eye, has told him quite clearly......more

Goodreads review by Jon on February 07, 2025

Almost every 'dinosaurs are alive' movie owes something to this book; a fantastic adventure story for young boys and girls that will make them curious about science and adventure. There is also an element of working together as a team in this book that I think has lessons for emergency planning, fun......more