"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

The Lost World

Easter-time rejection! Who sends a refusal on Easter morning? One of the agents I queried, apparently.

This means my Patrons receive another one of my favourite novels, digitised by yours truly: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.

It might seem strange to include this book in a selection that has been mostly dealing with Gothic and fairy tales, but I think its inclusion is absolutely appropriate.

The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a science fiction tale released in 1912 by Hodder & Stoughton, after a serialised publication in the Strand Magazine from April to November of the same year, illustrated by the New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree. It includes many elements that will be capital to later, and better-known science fiction tales such as the survival of dinosaurs in a modern world, and the conflict between humans and apes.

It revolves around an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin, and it marks the debut of the character of Professor Challenger, who will appear in other, more appropriately Gothic tales by Conan Doyle. And that’s why you need to read this before I present you with… well, you’ll see.

Meanwhile, enjoy.

 
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