While the book achieved widespread success at the time, in modern day it is overshadowed by the more popular Sherlock Holmes series. The Lost World is the first in a series of fantasy-adventure novels. Inspired by Percy Harrison Fawcett ‘s expedition to the Huanchaca Plateau in Bolivia, Conan Doyle strove to make his story as realistic and factual as would permit within its adventurous and romantic plot. He had grown tired and rather resentful of this arrogant detective, however, so he set out on a new adventure of discovery with a new genre and a new arrogant protagonist – Professor Challenger. He rose to massive fame with the creation of his famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the late 1880s. By this time, he had already published eighteen novels, almost seventy short stories, and a wide array of plays, essays, articles, and other writings. Read more about the Out of Print Collection here.Īrthur Conan Doyle wrote The Lost World in 1911. This beautiful hardcover edition features original cover art. It measures 6×9. Formerly out of print, this book is available exclusively in the Sweet Sequels shop. This is the complete and unabridged text of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, The Lost World.
Sweet Sequels Out of Print Collection The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle with cover art by Haleigh DeRocher
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