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Kadonnut maailma

Rating 4.0
Word count
434K words
Chapters
44

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Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today. Kadonnut maailma by Arthur Conan Doyle. Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Language: Finnish. Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature. Release Date: Apr 21, 2016

Editor's review

This is the Finnish translation of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic adventure novel The Lost World, released free by Project Gutenberg. The story follows Professor Challenger's expedition deep into a South American plateau, where prehistoric creatures are discovered; it blends scientific speculation with adventure narrative, moving briskly with bold imagination. The book shows another side of Conan Doyle's talent beyond Sherlock Holmes: vivid characters, lively dialogue, and suspense built layer by layer. The Finnish translation preserves the original's colloquial feel and dramatic tension, making it suitable as foreign-language reading material. The electronic edition is easy to search and carry, though the layout is plain, with no notes or illustrations. For Finnish learners, it is a suitable step from short stories to full-length books; general readers will need some grounding in Finnish to fully appreciate the original's appeal.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Learners with intermediate or higher Finnish who want a full-length book to improve their feel for the language
  • Readers who enjoy classic adventure and science fiction and are willing to try the original or a translation
  • Research-oriented readers interested in Conan Doyle's works beyond Sherlock Holmes
  • Teachers and organizers who need free electronic texts for classroom extensive reading or book clubs

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who know no Finnish and only want a Chinese or English version
  • Readers who prefer fast-paced modern thrillers and lack patience for nineteenth-century narrative style
  • Beginning readers who need detailed notes, illustrations, or scholarly introductions

Reading tips

  1. Read the first chapter's character introductions first and clarify the relationships among the expedition members before entering the plateau adventure main line.
  2. Mark unfamiliar Finnish words as you go and look them up after finishing a chapter, so as not to interrupt the reading rhythm.
  3. Read alongside the English original or a Chinese translation to help understand the scientific setup and period background.
  4. After finishing, make brief notes on character motivations and key discoveries for review and discussion.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

Contents

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  27. 27
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  29. 29
  30. 30
  31. 31
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  33. 33
  34. 34
  35. 35
  36. 36
  37. 37
  38. 38
  39. 39
  40. 40
  41. 41
  42. 42
  43. 43
  44. 44

FAQ

Is this book in Finnish or English?
According to the Project Gutenberg listing, the book's language is Finnish; it is the Finnish translation of Conan Doyle's The Lost World, not the English original.
What language level is needed to read it?
Intermediate or higher Finnish reading ability is recommended. The adventure narrative has a lot of dialogue, but the parts on prehistoric creatures and geology contain more specialized vocabulary, so beginners may need supporting tools.
Does the electronic edition have notes or illustrations?
This edition is a free Project Gutenberg electronic text, mainly the main text, usually without detailed notes or illustrations; the layout is plain and suitable for plain-text reading.

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About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle (Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930) was a British writer best known for creating the detective Sherlock Holmes. The library records list his birth and death years and nationality as unknown, and public information is limited, so his biography is not speculated upon here. The collection contains 95 of his works, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Sign of the Four, along with different editions and multilingual translations. His writing is distinguished by rigorous logical deduction, vivid detective characters, and tight narrative pacing; he shaped and deeply influenced the modern detective fiction tradition, and Sherlock Holmes has become a classic figure in popular culture, still widely adapted and read today.

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