An edition of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)

The Island of Dr. Moreau

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An edition of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)

The Island of Dr. Moreau

  • 3.74 ·
  • 39 Ratings
  • 257 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 56 Have read

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.

While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter” human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.

Publish Date
Publisher
Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
104

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2014, Anaya
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
1997, G.K. Hall
in English
Cover of: The Island of Dr. Moreau (Tor Classics)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (Tor Classics)
September 15, 1996, Tor Classics
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996, Dover Publications
in English
Cover of: The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996, Penguin Group
in English
Cover of: Island of Dr.Moreau
Island of Dr.Moreau
July 1977, Ace Books
Cover of: The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau
1975, Pan Books
in English
Cover of: The Island of Doctor Moreau

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Edition Notes

Originally published: The island of Doctor Moreau.

Series
Dover thrift editions
Other Titles
Island of Doctor Moreau

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR5774 .I8 1996, PR5774.I8 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
v, 104 p. ;
Number of pages
104

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL797411M
Internet Archive
islandofdrmoreau00well_0
ISBN 10
0486290271
LCCN
95033376
Library Thing
3968
Goodreads
567707

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