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The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Author Biography

Name: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Birth Date: May 22, 1859
Death Date: July 6, 1930
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Place of Death: Crowborough, Sussex, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, surgeon, ophthalmologist

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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
952 words, approx. 3.2 pages
The British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best remembered as the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1859, into an Irish Roman Catholic family of noted artistic ac...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
12245 words, approx. 40.8 pages
It is difficult to imagine the shape which detective fiction might have taken had it not been for the creation by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle took a form of fiction which had become popular through the works of his predecessors, Ed...
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Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
11405 words, approx. 38 pages
Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, whom Jon L. Lellenberg describes in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographies in Search of a Life (1987) as "the most universally recognized fiction...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Lost World Information
1,592 words, approx. 5 pages
The Lost World is a 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau (native name is Tepuyes) in South America (Guyana) where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor...


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Daily Mail
The joy of getting lost in Arthur's old world Books: THE LOST WORLD by Arthur Conan Doyle: This week's volume in our Children's Golden Library series - only Pounds 2.60 with the Daily Mail
04/16/2004: 583 words, approx. 2 pages
I WAS presented with The Lost World in 1956 for winning the school Under 11 English Prize, and until last week I hadn't read it since. The Lost World is a 'boy's book' which, as an adult, I've reread with huge relish. It...
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
The joy of getting lost in Arthur's old world; Books: THE LOST WORLD by Arthur Conan Doyle: This week's volume in our Children's Golden Library series - only [pounds sterling]2.60 with the Daily Mail.
04/16/2004: 587 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: SIMON BRETT I WAS presented with The Lost World in 1956 for winning the school Under 11 English Prize, and until last week I hadn't read it since. The Lost World is a 'boy's book' which, as an adult, I've reread...
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AP Features
New DVD releases include `Away From Her,' `The Graduate' and `Face/Off'
9/10/2007: 925 words, approx. 3 pages
Selected home-video releases:"Away From Her"A remarkably assured directing debut from actress Sarah Polley, this beautifully understated drama presents Julie Christie in an Academy Award-worthy performance 40 years after her best-actress Oscar win for "Darling" and casts Canadian star Gordon Pinsent in a heartbreaking role alongside...
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Reuters North American News Service
Most complete new giant dinosaur found in Patagonia
10/15/2007: 532 words, approx. 2 pages
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the largely complete fossil of a new species of giant dinosaur that roamed what is now northern Patagonia about 80 million years ago. The herbivorous Futalognkosaurus dukei measured an estimated 105 feet to...
 


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The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

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