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Arthur Conan Doyle - Lost World & Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) - 9781853262456 - V9781853262456
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Lost World & Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)

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Description for Lost World & Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) Paperback. The protagonist, the 'cave-man in a lounge suit', is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. This volume includes adventures he faced such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of "The Land of Mist". Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Series
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853262456
SKU
V9781853262456
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-26

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