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H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau

HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2017

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Year of publication
2017
ISBN
9780008190057
Author
H. G. Wells
Pages
192
Volume
1
Publishers
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Keyword
Fiction
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
Condition
New
First edition
No

Description

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. âeoeThat these man-like creatures were in truth only bestial monsters, mere grotesque travesties of men, filled me with a vague uncertainty of their possibilities far worse than any definite fear.âe Edward Prendick, the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the South Pacific, is set ashore on an island where he meets the mysterious Doctor Moreau. Horrified by the discovery that Moreau is performing vivisection on animals to form monstrous human hybrids, Prendick flees into the jungle. But he soon realises that the island is populated with Moreauâe(tm)s terrible creations, and not all are divested of their savage habits . . . H. G. Wells pioneered ideas of society, science and progress in his works, which are now considered modern classics. Written in 1896, The Island of Doctor Moreau is an imaginative exploration of the nature of cruelty and what it means to be human.
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