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The Island of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells

A shipwreck survivor lands on a remote island where a disgraced scientist is reshaping animals into humanlike beings.

First published 1999

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Edward Prendick survives a shipwreck and is taken aboard a vessel carrying animals and a strange crew toward a remote Pacific island. There he encounters Montgomery, Dr. Moreau, and an unsettling population of hybrid beings that seem partly animal and partly human.

As Prendick learns what Moreau has been doing, the island’s rules, hierarchy, and religion begin to make disturbing sense. The story builds around hidden experiments, recurring sounds of suffering, and the pressure of living among beings forced to obey a law they do not fully understand.

The novel follows Prendick’s escalating fear and eventual struggle to survive as the island’s fragile order breaks down. What remains is a dark account of scientific cruelty, animal instinct, and the unstable line between civilization and savagery.

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Authors
H.G. Wells
First published
1999
Genres
Classics, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, 19th Century, Adventure
Subjects
Islands · Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks · Fiction · Animal experimentation · Horror stories · Fiction, science fiction, general · English literature · Science fiction · Occultism · English Science fiction · Shipwreck survival · Animal experimentation -- Fiction · British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) · Large type books · Island of Dr. Moreau (Motion picture : 1977) · Science · Ethics · Shipwreck survival -- Fiction · Islands -- Fiction · Children's fiction · Cartoons and comics · Animals, fiction · Survival · Supervivencia después de accidentes aéreos, naufragios · Novela · Experimentacion animal · Islas · Habiletés de survie · Romans, nouvelles · Expérimentation animale · Îles · Supervivencia (después de accidentes aéreos, naufragios, etc.) · Fiction, general · Shipwrecl survival · Wells, h. g. (herbert george) , 1866-1946 · Animal experimentation--fiction · Pr5774 .i8 2005 · 823.912 · Pr5774 .i8 1993b · 823/.912 · Shipwrecks, fiction · Readers · Shipwrecks · Comic books, strips · Long Now Manual for Civilization
ISBN-13
9780553214321

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