The Poison Belt (Professor Challenger #2)
by
Arthur Conan Doyle
Published: 1913
The Poison Belt was the second story, a novella, that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Professor Challenger. Written in 1913, roughly a year before the outbreak of World War I, much of it takes place–rather oddly, given that it follows The Lost World, a story set in the jungle–in a room in Challenger’s house. This would be the last story written about Challenger until the 1920s, by which time Doyle’s spiritualist beliefs had begun to affect his writing. Source: Feedbooks
About Doyle:
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Conan was originally a given name, but Doyle used it as part of his surname in his later years. Source: Wikipedia
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