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The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Wells, H. G.
Straub, Peter

Paperback

Series: Modern Library Classics

Science FictionClassic Fiction

Publisher Price: $13.00

ISBN10: 0375760962
ISBN13: 9780375760969
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: May 14 2002
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
Written 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.

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