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Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912

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Essay Topics

1.

At the end of the novel, Gladys marries a man with a dull profession, despite her insistence that she must marry a man with a love of danger. Why does she change her mind?

2.

Describe the conflict between Challenger and Summerlee. What does each man represent?

3.

Discuss Doyle’s view of scientific certainty as presented in the novel.