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Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone, the discoverers of The Lost World.
'...bobtail of insignificant satellites, we float under the same daily conditions towards some unknown end, some squalid catastrophe which will overwhelm us at the ultimate confines of space, where we are swept over an etheric Niagara or dashed upon some unthinkable Labrador. I see no room here for the shallow and ignorant optimism of your correspondent, Mr. James Wilson MacPhail, but many reasons why we should watch with a very close and interested attention every indication of change in those cosmic surroundings upon which our own ultimate fate may depend."
"Man, he'd have made a grand meenister," said McArdle. "It just booms like an organ. Let's get doun to what it is that's troubling him."
The general blurring and shifting of Fraunhofer's lines of the spectrum point, in my opinion, to a widespread cosmic change of a subtle and singular character. Light from a planet is the reflected light of the sun. Light from a star is a self-produced light. But the spectra both from planets and stars have,...'

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; r&GIII; THE BLURRING·-· OF THE LINES 3; CHAPTER II; THE TIDE OF DEATH ? ? ? 41; CHAPTER III; SUBMERGED ? ? ? 79; CHAPTER IV; A DIARY OF THE DYING ? ? · 117; CHAPTER V; THE DEAD WORLD · 145; CHAPTER VI; TUE GREAT AWAKENING ? 179

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It got better as it went along
This is rather a science fiction novel, not what one would expect from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.It is not part of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

A group of people wait in a room with several tanks of oxygen, knowing that an ether is covering the earth and is killing everyone as it moves.It finally arrives in England, and those in the room watch as everyone in sight of their house dies.The observers have only about a day and a half of oxygen, and when it runs out, they find that the deadly ether has gone past and that they can live outside.

I won't tell you the ending, of course.

The first couple of chapters were rather boring.It became more interesting when the observers saw trains crashing and other vehicles out of control.

I don't feel bad that I read it, nor do I feel much else.If you haven't read anything by Doyle except Sherlock Holmes, you might want to pick this up.Or if you have a lot of time on your hands.Or ifyou just can't decide on anything else.Or if you're life is too exciting and you crave a bit of boredom. ... Read more

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a real pleasure
This book is a real delight. Begining in a romance to end in the monstruous turmoil of Waterloo, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knows how to describe this great battle with epic words and a remarkable objectivity. I am french and I do appreciate as I did appreciate "Brigadier Gérard" or "The White Company". ... Read more

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Although this is not Holmes, or even Challenger, there are still some worthwhile stories.You even get science fiction tales and horror stories from Athur Conan Doyle in this collection, so probably something for everyone, even if his bunch is supposed to be of a medical sort of bent or genre, in general.There is even a mummy!




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Wonderful!
Thoroughly enjoyable. Witty one liners. Endearing central character. Adventures that provoke the spectrum of emotions. Fabulous summer read.

Storytelling Gems
Doyle Fans who've read and reread all the Sherlocks should give these fun stories a go.Brig. Gerard is kind of a French Flashman: the hero of every battle (at least by his own lights) when he's not winning the hearts and charms of any beautiful woman in range.Gerard is the ultimate egoist, and we love him for it-- listening to him relating these exploits over a flagon of wine, we can forgive him for perhaps exaggerating a bit here and there....

Thanks to Doyle for creating another memorable character.

Nice
I loved reading the book so much, I keep reading it over and over again.

Funny and vivid
It is surprising how funny Conan Doyle could be sometimes. Brigadier Gerard is a wonderfully conceited, rather dim-witted but brave and generous-hearted cavalry officer in Napoleon's Army. His adventures are adelight to read. ... Read more

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Let me try to reason it out. This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herself into my body and take command of it. She has a parasite soul; yes, she is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell. I am powerless! What can I do? I am dealing with forces of which I know nothing. And I can tell no one of my trouble. They would set me down as a madman. Certainly, if it got noised abroad, the university would say that they had no need of a devil-ridden professor. And Agatha! No, no, I must face it alone. ... Read more

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Well off Conan Doyle's beaten track ... horror with a Victorian flair!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is, of course, best known for his Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger characters. What is much less well known is that Doyle was fascinated with spiritualism and the paranormal. Indeed, his fascination may well be categorized as a morbid obsession to find proof of existence beyond the grave dating from depression which began after the death of his wife, Louisa, in 1906. Doyle's readers, at least, can be pleased with the results. His futile efforts at quasi-scientific exploration of paranormal phenomena provided fodder for an enormous number of short stories and novellas that could hardly be more different from the focused attention on data and facts - it only counts if it can be seen, felt, observed and measured - that is seen in the Sherlock Holmes canon. These little known stories, exemplified by THE PARASITE, can best be categorized within the horror genre.

Austin Gilroy, a physiologist, is a realist and is firm in his belief that the paranormal is hokum. On the other hand, his friend, Professor Wilson is a dyed-in-the-wool true believer and, with a view to convincing his skeptical friend, introduces him to a "skilled" psychic, Miss Penclosa. Despite his rejection of her amorous advances, Gilroy is maddened to discover that he is falling under the power of Penclosa's abilities and that he is being forced into the humiliating position of unwilling and subservient love slave to Miss Penclosa. And he is positively horrified to realize that he is contemplating the mutilation and murder of his current fiancée with a vial of sulphuric acid.

THE PARASITE is an enjoyable novella that can be comfortably devoured in a single sitting and atmospheric literature that exemplifies Victorian behaviour and beliefs. The story itself, while hardly up to the grisly standards of 21st century horror, is typically open-ended and, like so many Twilight Zone episodes, leaves the reader with a pleasant feeling that all is not as it seems and any number of possible resolutions might be imagined.

Highly recommended if you'd like to sample some Arthur Conan Doyle writing that is well off the beaten track! Those readers interested in pursuing more of the same might explore the anthologies ROUND THE FIRE STORIES and THE HORROR OF THE HEIGHTS.

Paul Weiss

Fast, Suspensful, Good Characterization
Other non-Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have left me wishing he'd just stuck to Holmes.Not this one.

In this story, Doyle does not try to incorporate the deductive reasoning of Holmes, and he has created a very believable and interesting character who tells the story from the first person."I" is not only hypnotized by a woman but his mind is at times completely taken over by her.She even forces him to pledge his love for her.Through sheer force of will, he is able to counter her control but never for long.After he tells her that he hates her, she makes him do and say things that make him look like a lunatic.And then...

Short.Fun to read.And like I said, this story works because it really is a departure from the Holmes character and doesn't need Holmes to make it work.

What can I say but I liked it?

How to fight
Perhaps this book suggests how to fight with evils or ill-fate oneself because "There is no human help for me; I must fight this out single-handed". ... Read more

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THE CAPTAIN OF THE POLE-STAR
J. HABAKUK JEPHSON'S STATEMENT
THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT
THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL
THAT LITTLE SQUARE BOX
JOHN HUXFORD'S HIATUS
A LITERARY MOSAIC
JOHN BARRINGTON COWLES
THE PARSON OF JACKMAN'S GULCH
THE RING OF THOTH

An interesting SF story is 'The Great Keinplatz Experiment'.The Ring of Thoth even gives you an Egyptian mummy sort of story, so there is definitely a broad range of tales to be had here.




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Mycroft actually motile on submarine mission.


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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Good history from the period.But definite slant.
From the files of Sherlock Holmes to the history of the transvall.....I didn't know Doyle had done this piece.Nor did I realize he made multiple revisions as more "facts" were revealed to him.

A great read in the beginning, and I want to stay away from any political stance for one party or another, but after a short period, it becomes overly clear that Doyle is writing as an Englishman first, and an historian second. ... Read more

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A study of corruption
Does money, great whacks of it, destroy every thing and every one it touches, even those who start with the best intentions ? The story centers around a new-comer to town, the mysterious Raffle Haw, his obvious riches and his desire to use his fortune for the good of the people. The provenance of the money is slowly revealed to the reader (you will have to smile at the science of that one !) as the consequences of Haw's philanthropy develop. Well written, nicely spaced story-line, believable caracters, this book has it all. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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What's old is new again
An excellent read! Published in 1898 this novel tells the story of a small group of western tourists on holiday in northern africa. Taken hostage by a nomadic tribe of arab muslims, these westerners are faced with the stark choice of conversion to Islam or death. A facinating commentary on the cultural divide between western Christianity and eastern Islam with an insightful dialouge around the "white man's burden" as only the English could tell it.

The burden of the white man
This is a very significant book about the general opinons of Western people about middle eastern-arabs at the end of 19th century. The tale is about how tourists on a steamer have been taken hostage by a gang of arabs, and how "the heroic" british army saved them. What is behind the tale is what has been codified by kipling:"the burden of the white man". The superior civilized Anglo saxons and their mission toward uncivilised barabarians. The depiction of natives in mild racists words is what, unfortunately, has not changed so much in western opinions (even if hidden behind layers of politically correct). Very instructive for whoever is interested in the root of racisms, as described by E. Said in "orientalism". A very funny part of the book isthe contrast between the arrogant french tourist who at the begining criticizes the wise brits, but by the end is grateful and convinced. Replace brits with americans, and the book could have been written in 2001. ... Read more

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Short Stories
This is a rather intriguing collection of short stories of events occurring in the Caribbean (with pirates!), Europe, the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere.A pleasant way to spend a few hours and it's FREE! ... Read more

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"You remember," said he, "that some little time ago when I read you the passage in one of Poe's sketches in which a close reasoner follows the unspoken thoughts of his companion, you were inclined to treat the matter as a mere tour-de-force of the author. On my remarking that I was constantly in the habit of doing the same thing you expressed incredulity." ... Read more

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Double Van Gogh in the mail.


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The Adventure of the Red Circle is a book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Adventure of the Red Circle is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Arthur Conan Doyle is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, The Adventure of the Red Circle would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. ... Read more

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No action+too short=this book
This book is interesting, but there is no action and it is short. They make this sound like a novel but it is short. I am not even thirteen yet and I managed to read AND understand this book in twenty minutes or less. This book is short

The Adventure of the Red Circle
The product description here is inaccurate."The Adventure of the Red Circle" is a Sherlock Holmes short story, not a stand-alone novel "widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time."It is, however, a very good story, and well worth reading.I would recommend picking up a copy of His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle rather than this edition.For the same price, you can read this story along with several other excellent tales.

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A Sherlock Holmes Story.

Multiply lodging mafia.


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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Low readability in a number of passages
When I ordered this book, I was not informed of the production process. At the reception of the book I read "How We Made This Book" on page IV.I quote: "We automated the typing, proof reading and design of this book using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software on a scanned copy of the original rare book. That allowed us to keep the cost as low as possible."
Nice. If I had known this before I whouldn't have bought it, for I had already worked with OCR and found out that you often get some odd results as OCR frequently does not recognize characters and vomits parts of sentences in some not yet discovered language. For example: "wittTfijeacHaL", or:"Jf Jhev will notgCL-thfij are shot down, theijJeiUiandsbeing cut off". That's what the reader of this book is confronted with. Okay, not on every page, but too often for me to enjoy reading it. ... Read more

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is a book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Arthur Conan Doyle is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. ... Read more

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A Sherlock Holmes Story.

Deaths in the family.


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A Sherlock Holmes Story.

Prevention of six feet undertaking.


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The Refugees (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France. Major themes include Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon, retirement from court of Madame de Montespan, the revoking of the Edict of Nantes and the subsequent emigration of the Huguenot de Catinats to America.

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Great Entertainment
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best remembered as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, produced an excellent historical drama with The Refugee, a story about the Huguenots. Although Doyle wasn't a Christian, he writes with a great deal of sympathy as he describes the plight of French Protestants in the late 17th century.

The courage and resolution of the Hugenots was legendary as the majority went into exile rather than recant their evangelical faith in Christ. Consequently, they lost family, friends, property, and employment. It's a cruel chapter in France's history.

The novel begins in France but finishes in Canada. Along the way we visit the inner sanctum of King Louis' palace, travel through the ice-berg infested waters of the north Atlantic sea, and journey in the wilderness of New France.

Doyle also wrote The Tragedy of the Korosko,: And the Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport, ... Read more

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The first in Arthur Conan Doyle's series of books featuring the popular character of Professor Challenger, The Lost World is a classic tale of adventure and discovery.A scientific team embarks on an expedition to a South American plateau, where they find a seemingly impenetrable and dangerous world that has been frozen in time since the age of dinosaurs.The only edition with a critical introduction, this timeless story is sure to excite the modern reader.Amazon.com Review
Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) thatcopied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale ofThe Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invadedthe popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about anexpedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (thenarrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest.The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from hismedical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora andfauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scenewith a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E.Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous forceof his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if youcan grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward NativeAmericans, he's a lot of fun. ... Read more

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An entertaining if somewhat dated classic
This is a fascinating novel, almost more from an anthropological point of view than a literary one.The novel follows in the footsteps of H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne and H. G. Wells in providing a ripping yarn.Fantasy and SF has come a long way since 1912, the date of THE LOST WORLD's publication, but this still manages to be a highly entertaining tale.

The book shows its age.The anthropology is pre-Evans-Pritchard, who managed to dismantle the notion of "primitive" peoples to show the internal and substantial logic driving the thought of so-called primitive peoples.The world view is intensely patriarhical, with the four men investigating the lost plateau viewing everything through an Edwardian filter.

Just a few examples of the white paternalism through which all of the characters view the world.Gladys, the object ofthe affection of Malone, the book's narrator, states bluntly that she would only marry a man who had gained great fame (it apparently being something that she could not herself consider achieving).The pterodactyls were described as being exceptionally patriarchal, with the males perched upon high, overlooking the females and the young that they cared for.Another small group of dinosaurs were described as no less than a nuclear family, with mother, father, and brood of young.Throughout the story is the stock faithful negro, given no less than the name of Zambo, who apparently has any desires of his own, apart from the desire to serve and please his masters.The attitudes of the four explorers to Zambo is very much that of humans towards a pet dog.When the explorers meet Indians on the plateau, the virtually worship their white delivers, and they have a strong sense of private property (which in most anthropological studies are shown to arise with agricultural societies, not in herding and hunter/gatherer societies).There is also the disdain of other racial groups, especially those who are ethnically mixed; the most villanous character in the book is, not unexpectedly, a "half-breed."In other words, wherever you go, there you are.That is, wherever they go, they find perfect representations of Edwardian British society.

Despite all this, and despite the rather stilted prose in which the book is written, the book is a lot of fun.It is not only the romantic adventure story that is appealing, but the now-quaint portrait of upper class British society in the last days before the First World War.All in all this is not a great novel, but it is for all that a most enjoyable one.

For What It's Worth...
I read this classic by Doyle about fourteen years ago or so, and can't speak much to the details with my faded memory of it. But I think it bears mentioning that it left me with the exuberant feeling that it was THE MOST ENJOYABLE book I have ever read!

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Good Dinosaur Fun
"The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle is an exciting adventure tale in which four turn-of-the-century explorers strike out to verify the claims of a recently-discovered lost world in which dinosaurs roam free.This story is exciting every step of the way and climaxes when the intrepid explorers reach the lost world and encounter a hoast of beasts, dinosaurs, and dangers.If you're a fan of dinosaurs or adventure stories, then this is definitely a story to pick up and read.

A grand romp back to the Age of Exploration
What if dinosaurs had somehow survived, living in isolation in some remote, unexplored corner of the world?This classic adventure story starts with just that premise, and builds it into a lively tale of exploration and discovery.Mostly told in a first person narrative, the reader is taken into the very heart of the story as a team heads off to South America to verify a discovery that is impossible for a skeptical world to believe.Written almost a century ago, Doyle's novel takes us back to the age of Empire and Exploration, when anything seemed possible, and the there were still places on the Earth that had not yet been fully explored.This story grabs the reader and doesn't let go until the very last page. ... Read more

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Destiny brings three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside.The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle class lives.As the web of lust and deceit draws these accidental neighbors ever closer, a financial scandal befalls one of them.An outside "rank pirate" is linked somehow to one of the neighbors.Who could it be?In this work Conan Doyle exhibits the practiced subtlety and complexity for which he has become so well know. ... Read more