6/1/2023 0 Comments Lord jim easton press![]() In Which Three Investigators ComeAcross A Dark Soul In Which The Notorious CriminalGets What The British Law Considers To Be His Deserts In Which The Reader Is Shown TheHabits Of A Notorious Criminal Where Our Commissioners Have ARemarkable Experience Which Describes Some Strange DoingsIn Hammersmith In Which Professor Challenger GivesHis Opinion Which Describes An Evening InStrange Company In Which Our Special CommissionersMake A Start ![]() There is a suggestion in chapter two that the deaths of "ten million young men" in World War I was punishment by the Central Intelligence for humanity's laughing at the alleged evidence for life after death. ![]() Heavily influenced by Doyle's growing belief in Spiritualism after the death of his son, brother, and two nephews in World War I, the book focuses on Edward Malone's at first professional, and later personal interest in Spiritualism. Professor Summerlee, who has died of old age around this time, is referred to by the mediums (much to the anger of Professor Challenger). Another friend from The Lost World, Lord John Roxton, is also involved in the novel's second half. ![]() ![]() Although this is a Professor Challenger story, it centres more on his daughter Enid and his old friend Edward Malone. The Land of Mist is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1926. 2005 Conan Doyle "The Land of Mist and Other Stories" Limited Edition ![]()
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