The Lost World`the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended. The various checks with influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered. Creatures survive which would otherwise disappear.' Headed by the larger than life figure of Professor Challenger, a scientific expedition sets out to explore a plateau in South America that remains frozen in time from the days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Seemingly impossible to penetrate, this lost word holds great danger for the four men, whether from fiendish ape-men or terrifying prehistoric creatures. Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of adventure and discovery still excites the reader today, just as dinosaurs continue to grip the popular imagination. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 2 |
CHAPTER I There are Heroisms all round us | 3 |
CHAPTER II Try your Luck with Professor Challenger | 9 |
CHAPTER III He is a perfectly Impossible Person | 16 |
CHAPTER IV Its Just the very Biggest Thing in the World | 23 |
CHAPTER V Question | 37 |
CHAPTER VI I was the F ail of the Lord | 48 |
CHAPTER VII Tomorrow we Disappear into the Unknown | 56 |
CHAPTER X The most Wonderful Things have Happened | 96 |
CHAPTER XI For once I was the Hero | 108 |
It was Dreadful in the Forest | 123 |
CHAPTER XIII A Sight which I shall Never Forget | 136 |
CHAPTER XIV Those were the Real Conquests | 149 |
CHAPTER XV Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders | 161 |
CHAPTER XVI A Procession I A Procession | 175 |
EXPLANATORY NOTES | 190 |
CHAPTER VIII The Outlying Pickets of the New World | 65 |
CHAPTER IX Who could have Foreseen it? | 77 |
OXFORD WORLDS CLASSICS | 201 |
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