The Island of Dr. MoreauWritten in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Darwin’s theory of evolution, which H. G. Wells stoutly believed. The story centers on the depraved Dr. Moreau, who conducts unspeakable animal experiments on a remote tropical island, with hideous, humanlike results. Edward Prendick, an English-man whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast Folk’s strange civilization and their eventual terrifying regression. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices today, readers are still astounded at Wells’s haunting vision and the ethical questions he raised a century before our time. |
Contents
The Man Who Was Going Nowhere | |
The Strange Face | |
At the Schooners Rail | |
The Landing on the Island | |
6The Evillooking Boatmen | |
The Locked Door | |
The Thing in the Forest | |
The Crying of the | |
The Hunting of the | |
The Sayers of the | |
A Parley | |
Doctor Moreau Explains | |
Concerning the Beast Folk | |
The Crying of the Puma | |
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