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The Island Of Dr.Moreau (Everyman)
Herbert George Wells

The Island Of Dr.Moreau (Everyman)

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group (Jul 01, 1993)
9780460872584
| Paperback
137 pages | 130 x 197 mm | English
$ 4.99 | Value: $ 4.99
Dewey 823.912
LC Classification PR5774 .I8 1993
LC Control No. 94134799

Genre

  • Science Fiction

Subject

  • Animal Experimentation
  • Animal Experimentation - Fiction
  • Animal Experimentation/ Fiction
  • Literary Criticism / General
  • Science Fiction

Plot

Prendick, a naturalist, is shipwrecked on the island retreat of notorious vivisector Dr Moreau. In a laboratory called the House of Pain, Moreau manufactures 'humanised' animals known as the Beast People, whom he controls through fear - until the terrifying day when one of his degraded victims destroys him. Prendick is then alone with the bloodthirsty survivors. A sombre fantasy in which Wells issues a resonant warning against scientific obsession and the pursuit of evolutionary control.