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The Island of Doctor Moreau: A1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island ho

The Island of Doctor Moreau: A1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells about a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island ho

Wells, H. G.

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General Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 238274801X
ISBN13: 9782382748015
Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques
Published: Nov 27 2020
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
  • H. G. Wells called it an exercise in youthful blasphemy. The Island of Doctor Moreau is the account of a Mr. Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man who washed up on the mysterious island home of Doctor Moreau, a mercurial figure who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. Prendick, as an observer and a guest, goes through an induced madness and an existential crisis in his analysis of his host and the bizarre work he's done in this timeless science fiction classic.Often referred to as a father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was one of the first authors to write a type of speculative fiction which referenced the advancements in science of his time. Characteristic of Wells's work is their warning against the unintended consequences of technological development gone too far. First published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is the account of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who finds himself stranded on an island in the South Pacific after being shipwrecked.
  • The island is home to Dr. Moreau, an eminent physiologist from London who has fled England when his gruesome experiments in vivisection had been publicly exposed. Prendick soon learns that Moreau has continued his experiments on the island transforming animals into human-like hybrids called beast folk. Worrying that he may be next on the list of subjects, Prendick flees into the jungle trying to escape whatever

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