The Lost World: who's who, timeline and places

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MaloneHe seeks adventure after Gladys says she wants a brave man whose fame will bring her glory.First seen in chapter 1
GladysShe rejects Malone’s advances and wants a courageous husband whose fame will bring her honor.First seen in chapter 1
ChallengerHe is a professor whose disputed South American expedition claims and attacks on reporters attract Malone’s interest.First seen in chapter 2
McArdleHe gives Malone an assignment to investigate Challenger after Malone asks for dangerous work.First seen in chapter 2
Tarp HenryHe helps Malone draft a letter pretending to understand Challenger’s scientific arguments.First seen in chapter 2
Mrs. ChallengerChallenger’s wife warns Malone that questions about South America can provoke her husband’s violence.First seen in chapter 3
Maple WhiteHe is a dead American artist whose sketchbook depicts unusual cliffs and a huge animal.First seen in chapter 4
RoxtonHe volunteers to join Summerlee and Malone in investigating Challenger’s claims.First seen in chapter 5
SummerleeHe is a professor who agrees to test Challenger’s claims about surviving prehistoric animals.First seen in chapter 5
ZamboHe catches Gomez listening near the planning hut and disarms him when he draws a knife.First seen in chapter 8
GomezHe is caught listening near the planning hut and draws a knife on Zambo.First seen in chapter 8
AccalaThey are an armed people who fight alongside the explorers against the ape-men.First seen in chapter 14
MaretasHe secretly gives Malone a cave map showing a passage off the plateau.First seen in chapter 15

Chapter 1
Gladys rejects Malone’s advances, and her wish for a famous, courageous husband drives him to seek adventure.
Chapter 2
McArdle assigns Malone to investigate Challenger’s disputed claims, and Tarp Henry helps him write a deceptive letter.
Chapter 3
Challenger exposes Malone’s false scientific pretext and attacks him, but invites him back after Malone refuses to press charges.
Chapter 4
Challenger shows Malone sketches, photographs, and a wing fragment supporting his account of surviving ancient animals.
Chapter 5
Summerlee agrees to investigate Challenger’s claims, and Malone and Roxton join the expedition.
Chapter 6
Roxton tests Malone’s courage, gives him a rifle, and prepares with him for the expedition’s departure.
Chapter 7
Challenger unexpectedly arrives at Manaos after his sealed instructions prove blank, then takes command of the journey.
Chapter 8
The expedition follows Challenger’s landmarks until the plateau’s red cliffs appear, though Summerlee remains skeptical.
Chapter 9
The explorers cross onto the plateau by a felled tree, but Gomez destroys the crossing and strands them.
Chapter 10
The explorers build Fort Challenger, observe living iguanodons, and narrowly escape an attack by pterodactyls.
Chapter 11
Malone climbs a tree to map the plateau, encounters an ape-man, and identifies a central lake named Lake Gladys.
Chapter 12
Malone explores alone, escapes a hunting dinosaur, and returns to find his companions missing and the camp bloodstained.
Chapter 13
Roxton leads Malone to rescue Challenger, Summerlee, and four surviving Indians from the ape-men.
Chapter 14
The explorers join the Accala in destroying the ape-men’s settlement, then turn their attention toward finding a way home.
Chapter 15
After Challenger’s balloon experiment fails, Maretas’s map guides the explorers through a hidden passage to safety below the cliffs.
Chapter 16
Challenger displays a living pterodactyl; Malone finds Gladys married and chooses another expedition after Roxton offers to share his diamonds.
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