The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ebook - The impossible becomes life and death struggle in the jungle
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"There is a chill in the air after dark, and we had all drawn close to the blaze. The night was moonless, but there were some stars, and one could see for a little distance across the plain. Well, suddenly out of the darkness, out of the night, there swooped something with a swish like an aeroplane. The whole group of us were covered for an instant by a canopy of leathery wings, and I had a momentary vision of a long, snake-like neck, a fierce, red, greedy eye, and a great snapping beak, filled, to my amazement, with little, gleaming teeth. The next instant it was gone--and so was our dinner. A huge black shadow, twenty feet across, skimmed up into the air; for an instant the monster wings blotted out the stars, and then it vanished over the brow of the cliff above us. We all sat in amazed silence round the fire, like the heroes of Virgil when the Harpies came down upon them." (from The Lost World)
Written at a time when explorers were still probing the remote realms of the Earth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World captures the excitement of that era. The novel opens with the young journalist Malone having his marriage proposal rebuffed because his beloved reserves her love for a hero who has sought and survived adventure. Motivated by this romantic decree, Malone promptly flings himself into an expedition to investigate the wild claims of Professor Challenger who has suffered intense public ridicule for insisting that dinosaurs live on an isolated plateau in
Joined by the wealthy, well-traveled, and well-armed Lord John Roxton and the skeptical Professor Summerlee, Malone sets out for the Amazon. With detail-rich prose, the journey up the great rivers of the jungle unfolds vividly. The throbbing drums of unknown tribes threaten death just beyond the vegetation-choked riverbanks and native porters cringe when entering dark jungle lands supposedly guarded by the spirit force known as Curupuri.
Upon reaching the secret plateau, disasters overtake the men amid horrid omens like a weathered skeleton skewered within a grove of giant bamboo and the wailing battles of giant beasts in the dark night. A gripping tale of man against Nature progresses as the emerging hero Malone gains the experiences that his demanding girlfriend desires in a man. The Lost World is an enormously entertaining read. Academics suffer ceaselessly as the insatiable wit of Doyle crafts his pair of quarreling professors in Summerlee and Challenger. Their capacity to debate obscure paleontological controversies within a treacherous landscape never fails to amuse. And the rifle-toting Lord John with his keen interest in life and death struggles brings to life the time when wealthy gentlemen roved the world seeking the next great wonder into which they could put a bullet. You will sympathize with the novice hero Malone as he narrates a story in which the trials come so fast the characters can barely contemplate their deteriorating circumstances. To escape into another age when the wild places of the world were much wilder and science was battling for dominance, read The Lost World that injects a charming fantasy upon a fascinating historical context. Download it today in your choice of six DRM-free ebook formats.
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See also The Hound of the Baskervilles or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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