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The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle · 1912
A young reporter joins Professor Challenger on a perilous expedition into a remote plateau in Guiana. There the party meets extraordinary creatures, difficult terrain, and a living world that challenges what the scientists in London believe.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 57 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
From London to the Guiana Plateau
Manaos: The Expedition GathersThe Amazon town where the party waits for Challenger's sealed instructions and prepares to travel upriver.
The Chestnuts
Principal Explorers
Guides and Early Companions
The Village and the Plateau
The Proposal RefusedMalone makes his proposal to Gladys, who refuses him and says she wants a heroic man.
The Professor’s ChallengeAfter the police disperse the onlookers, Challenger invites Malone into Enmore Park while Austin holds the door.
This edition
- Title
- The Lost World
- Author
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- First published
- 1912
- Illustrated plates
- 124 original artworks · 57 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 17 · about 75,946 words
- Reading time
- 5 h 4 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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