The Lost World
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Lost World is a 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau (native name is Tepuyes) in South America (Venezuela) where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. Interestingly, for a seminal work of dinosaur-related fiction, the reptiles only occupy a small portion of the narrative. Much more time is devoted to a war between early human hominids and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures. (summary by Wikipedia) (8 hr 0 min)
Chapters
| "THERE ARE HEROISMS ALL ROUND US" | 14:07 | Read by Menno |
| "TRY YOUR LUCK WITH PROFESSOR CHALLENGER" | 15:42 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| "HE IS A PERFECTLY IMPOSSIBLE PERSON" | 15:51 | Read by Menno |
| "IT'S JUST THE VERY BIGGEST THING IN THE WORLD" | 37:50 | Read by Menno |
| "QUESTION!" | 28:27 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "I WAS THE FLAIL OF THE LORD" | 20:37 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "TO-MORROW WE DISAPPEAR INTO THE UNKNOWN" | 25:10 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| "THE OUTLYING PICKETS OF THE NEW WORLD" | 32:47 | Read by Robin Cotter |
| "WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN IT? | 49:37 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED" | 26:48 | Read by Claire Goget |
| "FOR ONCE I WAS THE HERO" | 34:51 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "IT WAS DREADFUL IN THE FOREST" | 33:59 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "A SIGHT I SHALL NEVER FORGET" | 31:56 | Read by Lizzie Driver |
| "THOSE WERE THE REAL CONQUESTS" | 35:41 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
| "OUR EYES HAVE SEEN GREAT WONDERS" | 35:55 | Read by Scott Mather |
| "A PROCESSION! A PROCESSION!" | 40:43 | Read by Scott Mather |
Reviews
nice, but
A LibriVox Listener
I enjoyed listening to this book. With that being said, the only issue that had bothered me was a constant changing of readers. I would like to see the same readers just for consistency.
Great Adventure
Atticus
Fantastic story with lots of twists and turns. And all through the adventure that subtle vein of humor. Prof. Challenger - you are the man!! Listening to this narrative I realize how much more the author of the inimitable Sherlock Holmes has to offer!! Genius! And to top it all, amazing reading by all the readers with Scott Mather ( I hope I got the name right) standing out. Well done - and heartfelt thanks.
Excellent!
A LibriVox Listener
Great adventure and story! Easy to see its influence on literature since. Fairly well read, however the combination of different readers can make it distracting sometimes. Not a big deal though.
A LibriVox Listener
very good reading!! only some recordings had low quality and it showed through the headphones but nothing that would prevent me from listening to it again.
amazing
A LibriVox Listener
listened to this on a long drive and it kept us completely enthralled the entire time. he paints such an amazing picture! amazing book.
Good read
Shupe
This was my first book on LibriVox. Though I enjoyed the book itself it was very aggravating having to switch readers. Consistency’s something that would have definitely made the book better. There was one reader who only read one chapter but she nearly had me delete the book unfinished. She was very hard to listen too and nearly ruined the entire thing. Anyhow, I now know to only search for books that offer 1 reader.
excelent!!!
shavon
Tho I love Holms and Watson, still I feel Lost World may be Doyles best. I enjoyed it so much.
Neil Warf
Enthrawling story a brilliantly illustrated with words. The only element that aged the story was its lack of political correctness.