Malone and Enid are assigned by a newspaper to co-write a series of articles on the spiritualist movement. Professor Challenger’s daughter Enid Challenger is also a reporter and plays a major role in the story. The story centers around Ned Malone, journalist and sidekick from The Lost World. One of the things (among many) that makes this novel so disappointing is that Challenger is merely a guest star in this book and only present for small portions of the narrative. The two short stories were published later, but I believe they are prequels to The Land of Mist. The Land of Mist, published in 1926, is the third novel in the Challenger series, which follows Challenger’s second adventure, 1913’s The Poison Belt. Unfortunately, with the exception of The Lost World, none of them are regarded very highly. Conan Doyle featured Challenger in three novels and two short stories. Outside of his Sherlock Holmes stories, the most famous recurring character in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is Professor Challenger, the bearded, blustering scientist who led the expedition to The Lost World.
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