Book Description:
Published in 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World is a rip-roaring scientific-adventure novel that introduced readers to the formidable Professor George Edward Challenger. When Challenger claims to have discovered a remote South American plateau where prehistoric creatures still thrive, he is ridiculed by London’s scientific elite. Determined to prove his assertion, he leads an expedition made up of the skeptical zoologist Professor Summerlee, big-game hunter Lord John Roxton, and intrepid journalist Edward Malone.
Deep in the Amazon basin, the party stumbles upon a primeval realm teeming with dinosaurs, “ape-men,” and other perils that test their courage and ingenuity. Part survival tale, part exploration yarn, and part meditation on scientific hubris, The Lost World laid the groundwork for modern dinosaur fiction and the “lost-world” subgenre that would inspire works from King Kong to Jurassic Park. Fast-paced, vividly imagined, and laced with Conan Doyle’s trademark wit, it remains a cornerstone of adventure literature.
