Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April-November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.

El Signo de los Cuatro, considerada como uno de los mejores relatos de Sherlock Holmes. Hay personajes en busca de autor, como los admirables fantasmas de la obra teatral de Pirandello; pero hay otros, tambi n nacidos de la fantas a y la imaginaci n de los escritores, que empiezan a vivir una historia propia y parecen liberarse del albedr o de sus creadores. Son h roes universales, que hechizan a los lectores de todas las pocas y todas las edades, que se escapan de los l mites del libro y andan por el mundo como compa eros de andadura de la existencia. Uno de ellos fue Sherlock Holmes, prototipo de detectives, modelo de deducci n cient fica y esp ritu l gico y racional. Su fama universal ha tenido el efecto, no tan raro como parece, de eclipsar la figura de su autor.

The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901- 1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. The first story is set in 1894 and has Holmes returning in London and explaining the period from 1891-94, a period called "The Great Hiatus" by Sherlockian enthusiasts. Also of note is Watson's statement in the last story of the cycle that Holmes has retired, and forbids him to publish any more stories.