Length5h 19m
About this audiobook
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life. While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells's prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing "smarter" human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick's adventures on Dr. Moreau's island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (166.1K)
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GenreScience Fiction
Length5 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byTom Haire
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
13The Sayers of the Law
2In the Dingey of the "Lady Vain"
14The Parley
3The Man Who Was Going Nowhere
15Doctor Moreau Explains
4The Strange Face
16Concerning the Beast Folk
5At the Schooner's Rail
17How the Beast Folk Taste Blood
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6The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go
18A Catastrophe
7The Evil-Looking Boatmen
19The Finding of Moreau
8The Locked Door
20Montgomery's Bank Holiday
9The Crying of the Puma
21Alone with the Beast Folk
10The Thing in the Forest
22The Reversion of the Beast Folk
11The Crying of the Man
23The Man Alone
12The Hunting of the Man
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