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The Island of Doctor Moreau (Paperback, New ed)
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The Island of Doctor Moreau (Paperback, New ed)
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A parable on Darwinian theory, and a biting social satire, H.G.
Wells's science fiction classic The Island of Dr Moreau is a
fascinating exploration of what it is to be human. This Penguin
Classics edition is edited by Patrick Parrinder with notes by
Steven McLean and an introduction by Margaret Atwood, author of The
Handmaid's Tale. Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single
survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel
carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage
animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives
him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself
stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer
and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery's master, the sinister
Dr. Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in
vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon
becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly
horrific results. This edition includes a full biographical essay
on Wells, a further reading list and detailed notes. Margaret
Atwood's introduction explores the social and scientific relevance
of this influential work. H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a professional
writer and journalist. Wells's prophetic imagination was first
displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he
became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. Among his
most popular works are The Time Machine (1895); The Island of
Doctor Moreau (1896), filmed with Bela Lugosi in 1932, and again in
1996 with Marlon Brando; The Invisible Man (1897); The War of the
Worlds (1898), which was the subject of an Orson Welles radio
adaptation that caused mass panic when it was broadcast, and a 2005
film directed by Stephen Spielberg; and The First Men in the Moon
(1901), which predicted the first lunar landings. If you enjoyed
The Island of Doctor Moreau, you might like Wells's The Time
Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.
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