the lost world arthur conan doyle sparknotes

As they are walking through the jungle, Challenger sees a winged animal, which he calls a pterodactyl, but Summerlee insists is a stork.

Professor Summerlee, who does not believe Challenger's story, and Challenger bicker the entire journey. He has hired a boat to transport them down the Amazon River and has also brought two Indian guides along with him. The envelope contains only a blank piece of paper, but Challenger soon arrives and explains he will accompany them on the trip. In Manaos the men hire six natives to help them on their journey and they also open the envelope. He tells them they are to open the envelope, at on certain time and day, in the town of Manaos. He tells Ned he may print whatever he wishes about the expedition, as long as he does not give their location, then he hands the men an envelope. As the three men are boarding the ship to sail to South America, Challenger comes on board with some final instructions. Ned and his editor agree that Ned will send back letters about the expedition and after the consent of Challenger, edit them for publication. It is because of this, a committee is formed to go to South America and explore Challenger's claims, those who volunteer are Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and Ned Malone. There Challenger tears apart the lecturer's speech and he himself is subjected to ridicule, by some members of the audience. It also leads Challenger to the conclusion, after asking Ned some questions, that Ned is in reality a journalist.Īfter a fistfight, Ned gains Challenger's trust and he asks Ned to see him speak at a lecture of the Zoological Institute. Ned poses as a student of science, which leads Challenger to agree to see him. Tarp allows Ned to use his letterhead on a letter to the professor, asking him some questions about a lecture he had given. To achieve his goal Ned enlists the help of his friend Tarp Henry, a bacteriologist on the staff of Nature. The combative professor has already injured one reporter who has tried to interview him, so Ned knows he must be cunning if he is to gain the man's confidence. McArdle sends Ned to interview Professor George Challenger, who has stated he discovered living dinosaurs in South America. Ned approaches his editor, McArdle, with the idea of doing a story that will fulfill Gladys's requirement. She has rebuffed his proposal of marriage, because she wants to marry a man who has faced death in the pursuit of a great deed.

Ned Malone, a reporter, is in love with Gladys Hungerton.

The lost world arthur conan doyle sparknotes