Le Monde perdu de Arthur Conan Doyle

Le Monde perdu

Arthur Conan Doyle

Le Monde perdu (The Lost World) est un roman d'aventures et de fantastique de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle paru en 1912. C'est le premier volet de la série des aventures du Professeur Challenger qui comprend cinq romans. Récit d'une expédition sur un haut-plateau peuplé de créatures préhistoriques, Le Monde perdu reflète l'engouement populaire pour les dinosaures durant les premières années du XXe siècle. Adapté de nombreuses fois au cinéma et à la télévision, le roman a eu une grande influence sur des ¿uvres comme King Kong et Jurassic Park.

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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", helped to popularize the mystery of the Mary Celeste.