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The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau
from HG Wells
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Having survived the shipwreck of the Lady Vain, Edward Prendick lands on a strange island, populated by monstrous men, half-human, half-animal. A helpless spectator, he meets Montgomery, a former medical student like himself in London, and above all Doctor Moreau, whose scandalous reputation made headlines ten years earlier.
Through subtle surgical manipulations, Dr. Moreau manages to transform the appearance and behavior of animals, such as dogs, monkeys, pigs, and even leopards. He instills in them rules meant to mark the boundary between their former animal nature and their new, almost-human state.
But nature itself does not seem to conform to the rules created by Doctor Moreau, and animal impulses take over again.
At once an inquiry into science, human nature and a precursor to questions about animal dignity, HG Wells delivers here one of his most dramatic novels, in a large print edition for easier reading.
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Through subtle surgical manipulations, Dr. Moreau manages to transform the appearance and behavior of animals, such as dogs, monkeys, pigs, and even leopards. He instills in them rules meant to mark the boundary between their former animal nature and their new, almost-human state.
But nature itself does not seem to conform to the rules created by Doctor Moreau, and animal impulses take over again.
At once an inquiry into science, human nature and a precursor to questions about animal dignity, HG Wells delivers here one of his most dramatic novels, in a large print edition for easier reading.
