Name: The Lost World and Other Stories
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Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan ; Watts, Cedric ; Carabine, Keith
ISBN: 9781853262456

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions

Topic

classics; action & adventure

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 12.8 x 2.9 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

1853262455

ISBN13

9781853262456

Synopsis "The Lost World and Other Stories"

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. These lively, varied and thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells) are linked by their imposing central character, the pugnaciously adventurous and outrageous Professor Challenger. The Lost World (forebear of Jurassic Park) vividly depicts a perilous region in which the explorers confront creatures from the prehistoric era. The Poison Belt presents an eerie doomsday scenario, while The Disintegration Machine satirically comments on scientific cynicism. In When the World Screamed, the planet responds violently to an experimental incursion. The strangest item is The Land of Mist, which seeks to reconcile science with spiritualism. This memorable collection provides imaginative entertainment, entrancing escapism and bold provocation.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (UK 1859-1930) Escritor y médico nacido en Escocia, principalmente conocido por haber creado al famosísimo personaje Sherlock Holmes, el detective más conocido de todos los tiempos, versionado para TV y cine de forma cíclica. Otra gran serie de novelas confeccionadas por Doyle fueron las protagonizadas por el profesor Challenger (El Mundo Perdido), también trasladadas a la ficción audiovisual.

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