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The Island of Dr. Moreau

By H. G. Wells
Foreword by Peter Straub

By H. G. Wells
Foreword by Peter Straub

By H. G. Wells

By H. G. Wells

By H. G. Wells

By H. G. Wells

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May 14, 2002 | ISBN 9780375760969

Mass Market Paperback $5.95

May 01, 1994 | ISBN 9780553214321

Ebook $1.99

Dec 28, 2004 | ISBN 9780553901108

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    About The Island of Dr. Moreau

    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.

    About The Island of Dr. Moreau

    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.

    About The Island of Dr. Moreau

    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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    The Invisible Man
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    About H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education repeatedly interrupted by his family’s financial problems, he eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools, where he began to write his first stories. Wells… More about H. G. Wells

    About H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education repeatedly interrupted by his family’s financial problems, he eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools, where he began to write his first stories. Wells… More about H. G. Wells

    About H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education repeatedly interrupted by his family’s financial problems, he eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools, where he began to write his first stories. Wells… More about H. G. Wells

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Paperback | $8.95
    Published by Modern Library
    May 14, 2002 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375760969

    Category: Fiction Classics | Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $5.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    May 01, 1994 | 160 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553214321

    Category: Fiction Classics | Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Dec 28, 2004 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780553901108
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    “The Island of Dr. Moreau takes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling.”
    —V. S. Pritchett

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