The lost world
Doyle, Arthur Conan2023
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UK : Independently published, 2023
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177 pages ; 12.7 x 1.24 x 20.32 cm + Pbk
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In his 1912 science fiction novel, The Lost World, British author Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, presented Professor Challenger, another brilliant explorer to his many readers for the first time. The story tells of Professor Challenger’s first expedition to a remote plateau in South America's Amazon basin where extinct species like iguanodons and ape-men still roam freely. A conflict between native people and a savage tribe of ape-like beings is another major theme in this story.“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again. That's why I made a little war on my own. Declared it myself, waged it myself, ended it myself. Each of those nicks is for a slave murderer—a good row of them—what? That big one is for Pedro Lopez, the king of them all, that I killed in a backwater of the Putomayo River. Now, here's something that would do for you." He took out a beautiful brown-and-silver rifle. "Well rubbered at the stock, sharply sighted, five cartridges to the clip. You can trust your life to that." He handed it to me and closed the door of his oak cabinet.By the way," he continued, coming back to his chair, "what do you know of this Professor Challenger?”
ISBN:
9798387988684
Language:
English
BRN:
751165