She believed that she could only love a great man.

Malone joined the expedition to prove himself to the woman who rejected his proposal. It seems that Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger may have also influenced Peters' writing. Rider Haggard's novels inspired some of Amelia Peabody's adventures. Adventurer Lord John Roxton and Challenger's antagonist, Professor Summerlee, round out the party.Challenger's personality and physical characteristics reminded me of Professor Emerson of the Amelia Peabody series. Just as Holmes needed Watson to record his adventures, Challenger has young newspaper reporter Malone to record the events of the expedition. In the first of his adventures, readers travel with the Professor and his three companions to a remote plateau in South America where dinosaurs and other prehistoric life forms still roam the earth. Holmes's fame overshadows that of another of Conan Doyle's literary creations, Professor Challenger. And because of the treachery of a native guide, their means of escape is destroyed!įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.When you mention Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most people will immediately associate him with his great detective, Sherlock Holmes. But this is the original! Four adventurers go off to find the place shown in a dead man's sketch book - they find a war between apes and Indians, prowling dinosaurs, a sparkly treasure hidden in the blue clay - they find the Lost World. has the same name as one of the chief characters in The Lost World. The Lost World was an inspiration for Jurassic Park in fact, a character in J.P. Then, a tree splinters nearby, and a dinosaur steps out from his hiding place. The woods are places where chittering cries move about above your head, as powerful apes move swiftly in the canopy of leaves. The lakes heave with the shapes of huge grey bulks moving under the surface. Species of animal and plant life not seen elsewhere on Earth, except in the fossil record, inhabit the place.

Imagine a strange, tropical place that is almost inaccessible. LibriVox recording of the Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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