Island of Dr. Moreau (Dover Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Wells, H. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486290271 ISBN 13: 9780486290270

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 1996

Synopsis

Considered one of the fathers of science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) brought enormous inventiveness and an underlying social vision and moral concern to his strange tales and bizarre imaginings. A student of Darwinian biology, he formed his romantic conceptions of the scientific world at an early age.
This novel, one of his first forays into the science fiction genre, concerns a mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist who, in his laboratory on a remote island, performs ghoulish experiments in an attempt to transform animals into men, with monstrous results. It is one of Wells' earliest and most sinister personifications of the scientific quest to control and manipulate the natural world, and, ultimately, human nature itself.
First published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau has intrigued and horrified readers for generations. It will gain legions of new fans in this inexpensive Dover edition.

About this title

Review:

""The Island of Dr. Moreau" takes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling."
--V. S. Pritchett

Book Description:

H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0486290271
• ISBN 13: 9780486290270
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104