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The Island Of Doctor Moreau

HG Wells author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:12th Jan '17

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Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr Moreau, a vivisectionst driven out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island.

THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivalled fashion. Its question on how far science should go is one that rings true today as it did when it was first published.

The Prospero of all the brave new worlds of the mind, and the Shakespeare of science fiction - Brian W. Aldiss

Wells' scientific romances were . . . works of art with unique relevance for our times - Arthur C. Clarke

ISBN: 9781473217997

Dimensions: 200mm x 170mm x 17mm

Weight: 183g

208 pages