The adventure science-fiction novel “The Lost World” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) which opens up the cycle of works about professor Challenger has already long ago become a classic. Four daredevils set off to South America in search of the mysterious mountain plateau on which, on the persuasion of one of them, there still live dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Unusual trials, deadly perils, and the real test for stamina are ahead for the heroes of the book.

What is waiting to happen to four daredevils who are looking for the primitive world in the mountains of South America? Unsafe and marvellous adventures, the acquaintance with Indians and apemen among whom the bitter struggle for survival is being waged, and even the encounter with dinosaurs and pterodactyls. Setting off for the journey some heroes of the book are eager to experience violent emotions, some dream of making scientific discoveries, some — to captivate their darling's heart with their audacity. Unexpected turns of the plot, curious incidents and intrigues will keep the reader in tensity from the first to the last page.