This is my all time favourite novel. The greatest achievement in all literature. It consistently warms my heart to see another so enchanted by its majesty and charm.
Hi Fred! Just subscribed to your channel. I've never read TLW but love Conan Doyle and especially that whole Golden Era turn of the century adventure writing as the Victorian era/gilded age was ending and the shadow of the Great War with its fear of the alien/other and mechanization was looming on the horizon. Also enjoy The Lost City of Z. PS. None of my business but wondering if you might hail from Canada. I went to U of T and I'm wondering if you're from the great north. Cheers.
Oh wow, I just looked up Lost City of Z by David Grann - I'm going to have to read that this year! Yup, I'm Canadian and, though we've gotten a lot of snow, have been quite happy that we haven't gotten a lot of cold winter days. I'm hoping it's going to be an early Spring :)
That's funny because I was the opposite. I knew he had written The Lost World (because I had watched the show), but I didn't know until last year that he had also written Sherlock Holmes. :)
Wasn't this a wild period? Doyle wasn't even a full century removed from Jefferson, who thought there could still be mammoths lurking in the great plains.
Mammoths lurking in the great plains? Wow, the wild period is right. I'll need to pick up the Lost City of Z (Grann) that documents Percy Fawcett's ill fated 1925 adventure to the Amazon looking for that fabled city.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, despite his academic background, was a firm believer in spiritualism and even good friend Harry Houdini who continually exposed them as frauds couldn’t convince him otherwise.
I read that too. Spiritualism was big during the late 19th and early 20th century so I'm not surprised he was a believer. I have a number of Agatha Christie stories on spiritualism that I plan on reading for March Mystery Madness - I'll be doing a TBR hopefully soon :)
In a moment of hilarious irony, one of the “hey, watch these too” thumbnails as I watch this is for Mia Mulder on “Is masculinity in crisis?”. Challenger would say not. :)
Now there's a tip. I've never thought about going on a dinosaur expedition to impress a girl lol😁🤣. Great review Fred!
The best was when he got back to Gladys. Doyle does know how to write twists :)
Now this definitely sounds like my kind of classic! Great video Fred 🙂
Thanks Alex, this was a great read 📚 😀
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Great video! Added to my Want to Read
Welcome Penny, Olive is awesome! I hope you enjoyed this video :)
I read this book as well and I agree that is a great novel. I had fun reading it as well. You did a great job reviewing it.
Thanks Peter! Yup, I really enjoyed this book :)
This is my all time favourite novel. The greatest achievement in all literature. It consistently warms my heart to see another so enchanted by its majesty and charm.
I thought this was an enjoyable read as well. So much fun :)
This definitely sounds like one I’d like to read. The Frozen Deep meets Jurassic Park 😊Thanks for sharing.
Let me know your thoughts if you do pick it up 😀
Still need to read this one. Can’t go wrong with this kind of plot.
It was a great read. 👍
Hi Fred! Just subscribed to your channel. I've never read TLW but love Conan Doyle and especially that whole Golden Era turn of the century adventure writing as the Victorian era/gilded age was ending and the shadow of the Great War with its fear of the alien/other and mechanization was looming on the horizon. Also enjoy The Lost City of Z. PS. None of my business but wondering if you might hail from Canada. I went to U of T and I'm wondering if you're from the great north. Cheers.
Oh wow, I just looked up Lost City of Z by David Grann - I'm going to have to read that this year! Yup, I'm Canadian and, though we've gotten a lot of snow, have been quite happy that we haven't gotten a lot of cold winter days. I'm hoping it's going to be an early Spring :)
Thank you for bringing attention to this criminally forgotten classic
The Lost World was a fun adventure :)
Great review! I didn't even know he wrote this book 🤗
Thanks Kris. This was a fun read :)
I read this sometime in the 90s and loved it, but I don't remember much of it. I'm currently on a dinosaur kick, so I'll probably reread it!
I enjoyed it. A dinosaur kick? You'll have to post what you're reading soon :)
@@ReadbyFred I will be! ❤
Sounds like a novel I'd like to read!
I enjoyed it. Full on adventures 😀
This sounds interesting. I knew Doyle had written other things, but I’ve never read anything besides Sherlock.
That's funny because I was the opposite. I knew he had written The Lost World (because I had watched the show), but I didn't know until last year that he had also written Sherlock Holmes. :)
Wasn't this a wild period? Doyle wasn't even a full century removed from Jefferson, who thought there could still be mammoths lurking in the great plains.
Mammoths lurking in the great plains? Wow, the wild period is right. I'll need to pick up the Lost City of Z (Grann) that documents Percy Fawcett's ill fated 1925 adventure to the Amazon looking for that fabled city.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, despite his academic background, was a firm believer in spiritualism and even good friend Harry Houdini who continually exposed them as frauds couldn’t convince him otherwise.
I read that too. Spiritualism was big during the late 19th and early 20th century so I'm not surprised he was a believer. I have a number of Agatha Christie stories on spiritualism that I plan on reading for March Mystery Madness - I'll be doing a TBR hopefully soon :)
In a moment of hilarious irony, one of the “hey, watch these too” thumbnails as I watch this is for Mia Mulder on “Is masculinity in crisis?”. Challenger would say not. :)
Hah! Challenger was awesome in this book! If you pick it up, wait until you get to where they meet the "ape-men" - hilarious :)
@@ReadbyFred Oh yes. Read it and loved it back when.