The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle is a well-known Scottish writer who created Sherlock Holmes. After very popular series about famous detective, he decided to try himself in a science fiction theme. One of the best science fiction stories written by him was "The Lost World". The story tells us about young journalist Edward Malone who asks his beloved hand, but she answers that she will only marry the man who proved his braveness and courage. Following his aspiration Edward meets professor George Challenger, who is known for saying that dinosaurs are still alive. Challenger invites Malone and Lord John Roxton - an adventurer who knows the Amazon river - on a trip to South America to prove his story. In South America the expedition arrives to an ancient volcanic plato where the unbelievable things happen. Is George Challenger mad or the dinosaurs still really exist? Read "The Lost World" to know.