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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript, 'XIII / The Darker Side', a suppressed chapter from the Professor Challenger novel The Land of Mist, n.p., n.d. [1926].
9 pages, 268 x 209mm, on lined paper, numbered in pencil 1-10 (f.3 lacking), the title added in a different ink, with the annotation 'This Chapter was lost in some strange way & never appeared in the book' (general light browning, pin holes at upper left causing a tear on f.1; the paper rather frayed at upper margin, perhaps where extracted from a pad, causing loss of a few words to first line of f.2; some wear and creasing to other margins, more marked on first two leaves).
A lost chapter from the last 'Challenger' novel. The Land of Mist is the last of Arthur Conan Doyle's three novels featuring the comparative anthopologist Professor Challenger. A man of massive stature, his head 'the largest I have ever seen upon a human being', Challenger is in some ways the antithesis of Sherlock Holmes, being domineering and crude, yet endearing and endlessly ingenious. The Land of Mist is set after the death of Challenger's wife Jessica, and features his investigation of the world of Spiritualism (one of Doyle's own personal obsessions), alongside his faithful friends Ted Malone and Lord Roxton. The present chapter relates an expedition to Paris by Malone and Roxton, in which they reflect on the competing claims of Spiritualism and the Christian church.
9 pages, 268 x 209mm, on lined paper, numbered in pencil 1-10 (f.3 lacking), the title added in a different ink, with the annotation 'This Chapter was lost in some strange way & never appeared in the book' (general light browning, pin holes at upper left causing a tear on f.1; the paper rather frayed at upper margin, perhaps where extracted from a pad, causing loss of a few words to first line of f.2; some wear and creasing to other margins, more marked on first two leaves).
A lost chapter from the last 'Challenger' novel. The Land of Mist is the last of Arthur Conan Doyle's three novels featuring the comparative anthopologist Professor Challenger. A man of massive stature, his head 'the largest I have ever seen upon a human being', Challenger is in some ways the antithesis of Sherlock Holmes, being domineering and crude, yet endearing and endlessly ingenious. The Land of Mist is set after the death of Challenger's wife Jessica, and features his investigation of the world of Spiritualism (one of Doyle's own personal obsessions), alongside his faithful friends Ted Malone and Lord Roxton. The present chapter relates an expedition to Paris by Malone and Roxton, in which they reflect on the competing claims of Spiritualism and the Christian church.
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