The Island of Dr. MoreauA cautionary tale of the horrors that can ensue when man experiments with nature, from the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells. A lonely island in the Pacific. The sinister scientist who rules it. And the strange beings who dwell there.... This is the scenario for H. G. Wells’s haunting classic, one of his most intriguing and visionary novels. Living in the late nineteenth century and facing the impact of Darwin’s theory of evolution, Wells wrote this chilling masterpiece about the characteristics of beasts blurring as the animals turn into men. Dr. Moreau, a scientist expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments, finds a deserted island that gives him the freedom to continue torturous transplantations and create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence. But as the brutally enforced order on Moreau’s island dissolves, the true consequences of his experiments emerge, and his creations revert to beasts more shocking than nature could devise. A genius of his time, H. G. Wells foresaw the use of what he called the “atom bomb,” the practice of gene-splicing, and men landing on the moon. Now, when these have become part of everyday life, his dark fable serves as a compelling reminder of the horrors that reckless experiments with nature can produce. With an Introduction by Nita A. Farahany and an Afterword by Dr. John L. Flynn |
Contents
At the Schooners Rail | |
The Man Who Had Novvhere to | |
The Evillooking Boatmen | |
The Locked Door | |
A Parley | |
Dr Moreau Explains | |
Concerning the Beast Folk | |
How the Beast Folk Tasted Blood | |
A Catastrophe | |
The Finding of Moreau | |
Montgomerys Bank Holiday | |
Alone with the Beast Folk | |
The Crying of the Puma | |
The Thing in the Forest | |
The Crying of the | |
The Hunting of the | |
The Sayers of the | |
The Reversion of the Beast Folk | |
The Man Alone | |
AFTERWORD | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
already animal appeared asked beach Beast became began blood boat body brain brute called captain CHAPTER close coming creature cried dark dead dogs door drink enclosure escape ethical experiments eyes face fear feel feet fell felt figure fire followed forward four gave gray grew hair hand head heard House human imagination island Island of Dr keep killed kind light living looked M‘ling mind monster Montgomery Moreau never night noticed once pain passed perhaps possible Prendick Presently puma question rabbit remember revolver round running scientific scientists seemed seen shadow ship shoulder shouting side slowly sound stared stood stopped strange suddenly talk tell thing thought took trees turned voice walked watching whip