The Poison Belt, Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poison Belt, Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Poison Belt

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Michael Ward

Unabridged: 3 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2023


Synopsis

A follow up to Arthur Conan Doyles well known novel, The Lost World, the Poison Belt is a short story set over a single 24 hour span of time.
On the Anniversary of their momentous trip to the Plateau, as depicted in The Lost World, the irascible Professor Challenger calls his companions to his home in Rochester with a curious directive: "Bring Oxygen".
What can it mean? Does it have anything to do with his dire warnings printed in the Times that morning? Can it truly be, as he says... The End of the World?
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1913 and Narrated here by Michael Ward.

About Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Doyle's contribution to "post-apocalyptic" literature! While Professor George Edward Challenger, a short, stocky, hirsute bull of a man is physically the complete opposite of Doyle's more well known protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, the same cannot be said of his pomposity, arrogance and mental dexterity......more

Goodreads review by Charles

The end! This review is from the following free Kindle edition: Product Details ASIN: B0083Z64UY Publication date: May 16, 2012 Language: English File size: 249 KB Simultaneous device usage: Unlimited Text-to-Speech: Enabled Screen Reader: Supported Enhanced typesetting: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: No......more