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The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, who called it "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, who creates human-like beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION.
2I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE “LADY VAIN.”
3II. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE.
4III. THE STRANGE FACE.
5IV. AT THE SCHOONER'S RAIL.
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6V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
7VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN.
8VII. THE LOCKED DOOR.
9VIII. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA.
10IX. THE THING IN THE FOREST.
11X. THE CRYING OF THE MAN.
12XI. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN.
13XII. THE SAYERSOF THE LAW.
14XIII. A PARLEY.
15XIV. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS.
16XV. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK.
17XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD.
18XVII. A CATASTROPHE.
19XVIII. THE FINDING OF MOREAU.
20XIX. MONTGOMERY'S “BANK HOLIDAY.”
21XX. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK.
22XXI. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK.
23XXII. THE MAN ALONE.