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The Lost World

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Glen McCready
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Here is the precursor to Jurassic Park. Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive, and a group set outs on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.

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Public Domain (P)2008 Naxos Rights International Adventure Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Traditional Detectives Detective

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Editor reviews

The creator of Sherlock Holmes delivers a classic adventure fantasy in this tale of a trip by journalists, scientists, and adventurers to investigate rumors of dinosaurs on a mysterious plateau deep in a mythical South American jungle. Much fun and over-the-top adventure ensue. The author is ably supported by Glenn McCready, who delivers a narration very much in the nineteenth-century style. He plays up the characters' big personalities and celebrates the rather orotund style of the writing, which isn't as tight as in the Holmes series. Not for modern-fiction-only readers, this collection will appeal most to lovers of nineteenth-century literature.

Critic reviews

"Glen McCready's performance captures the time and tone of Doyle's material perfectly without straying into melodrama." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I'm a stickler for the narration and this is a perfect fit between that and the story. Made me enjoy three story even more.

Great narration

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If you like a great adventure story this is one to listen to. Very good narration and a cracking good tale. Really enjoyed it!

Great adventure story

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It’s a real page-turner; charming, imaginative and funny. The narration carries it perfectly. I usually reserve fictional reading for the the purposes of an evenin’s relaxin’, but I snuck a listen to this one with any opportunity that presented itself. Marvelous!

Great story, great narration.

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Conan Doyle is best known for Sherlock Holmes, but his other stories, like The Lost World, are equally entertaining. This book has bold, larger than life, characters and an exciting narrative that holds your attention. There are interpersonal tensions, danger and jeopardy, all of which help to make it a page turner. However, possibly the most compelling aspect of the book is its central idea that pre-historic animals still exist on an isolated plateau in the darkest reaches of the South American jungle. So, although characters and ideas come ‘out of left field’ (like Sherlock Holmes), it was easy to suspend disbelief and become engrossed with the story. Whilst the prose of one of the main players is rather loquacious and old fashioned, it is in keeping with the character and does not slow down the pace of the novel, or seem out of place.

On the critical side, this is a book underpinned with Victorian sensibilities that are no longer ‘politically correct’ and it has a strong male perspective, with only one minor female character. My guess is that older white males will find this book an easy and enjoyable read/listen, but it may not be to the taste of a younger generation .

Finally, a special mention should go to the narrator who does an outstanding job in making the novel come alive through the consistent, and appropriate voicing of the different characters. An excellent performance by Glen McCready.

A Classic Adventure story

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Still one of the greatest adventure stories ever told and the forerunner for Jurassic park. Delivered with excellent narration, passion and characterisation.

True boys own classic

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