He asks for volunteers to join him, and Malone steps forward in hopes the trip will prove his heroic nature to Gladys. The scientific community in London thinks Challenger is a fraud, so the professor plans a new excursion to bring back concrete evidence of his claims. Malone, a newspaper reporter, has been assigned to write an article on professor Challenger who has returned from South America with unbelievable stories of prehistoric life in a remote location in the Amazon. The novel opens with Edward Malone ("Ned") finding his declarations of love rejected by Gladys, for she can only love a heroic man. Fun Facts: The first edition of the novel included a fake photo of the adventurers with Doyle posing as Professor Challenger.Characters: Edward Malone, Professor Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, Zambo, Gladys Hungerton. Themes: Adventure, masculinity, evolution, imperialism.Publisher: Serially in The Strand book by Hodder & Stoughton.
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