
- 120 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
About this book
Edward Prendick is rescued from a damaged ship and brought to a small island where an infamous doctor performs a series of experiments on animals. Once exposed, Prendick becomes disturbed by his cruel and unethical methods.
When Edward Prendick arrives on a mysterious island, he's introduced to its leader, the elusive Dr. Moreau. He's a disgraced vivisectionist who was forced to flee after his experiments were exposed. On the island he's created a human-animal-hybrid race called Beast Folk. As Prendick encounters these creatures, he begins to fear for his life. He attempts to escape the horrors of the land but is haunted by its ugly truth.
Initially, The Island of Doctor Moreau, was met with controversy due to its twisted take on evolution. Wells' unflinching detail paints an unforgettable picture in the reader's mind. It's one of his most popular and adapted works, including three feature films from 1933, 1977 and 1996.
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau is both modern and readable.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. In the Dingey of the “Lady Vain”
- II. The man who was going nowhere
- III. The strange face
- IV. At the Schooner’s Rail
- V. The man who had nowhere to go
- VI. The Evil-Looking Boatmen
- VII. The locked door
- VIII. The crying of the Puma
- IX. The thing in the forest
- X. The crying of the man
- XI. The Hunting of the man
- XII. The Sayers of the law
- XIII. The Parley
- XIV. Doctor Moreau explains
- XV. Concerning the Beast Folk
- XVI. How the Beast Folk taste blood
- XVII. A Catastrophe
- XVIII. The finding of Moreau
- XIX. Montgomery’s “bank holiday”
- XX. Alone with the Beast Folk
- XXI. The reversion of the Beast Folk
- XXII. The man alone
- A Note About the Author
- A Note from the Publisher