It is the ‘Original’ from which King Kong, Jurassic Park and all other similar genres came from.
I read it just a couple of years ago, and it’s still a good read, with a twist at the end!............................
I’ve read several of his historic novels and enjoyed them quite well.
That novel was written early in 1931, but not published until 1936. Work on the script for King Kong began in early 1932, but the project had been in development for several years. The Lost World preceded both, having been released in 1925, and was based on the novel published in 1912.