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First published in 1896, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" is a science fiction novel by English writer H.G. Wells. The classic work focuses on a mad scientist’s experiments involving vivisection to address such issues as evolution and ethics.
"The Island of Dr. Moreau" employs an old device, a bogus introduction to explain how the story that follows was found in the narrator’s papers at his death. The story itself exploits the well-known theme of the shipwrecked castaway, made famous by Daniel Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe" (1719). These are familiar materials, but H. G. Wells updates them by putting them in the context of the controversy over evolution that raged in his day. He presents Dr. Moreau as a cruel, white-haired Old Testament God.
Wells described his masterpiece as “an exercise in youthful blasphemy,” referring to Moreau’s attempts to reshape God’s creatures as humans. In this respect the novel compares to Mary Shelley’s tale of Victor Frankenstein. Both novels are cautionary in warning of the consequences likely to follow when humans play God. The Greek understanding of hubris and Christian warnings against pride should have alerted Moreau to the danger of his game.
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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (165.5K)
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GenreScience Fiction, General Fiction, Horror
Length4 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 27, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
21. In The Dingey Of The “Lady Vain”
32. The Man Who Was Going Nowhere
43. The Strange Face
54. At The Schooner's Rail
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65. The Man Who Had Nowhere To Go
76. The Evil-Looking Boatmen
87. The Locked Door
98. The Crying Of The Puma
109. The Thing In The Forest
1110. The Crying Of The Man
1211. The Hunting Of The Man
1312. The Sayers Of The Law
1413. A Parley
1514. Doctor Moreau Explains
1615. Concerning The Beast Folk
1716. How The Beast Folk Taste Blood
1817. A Catastrophe
1918. The Finding Of Moreau
2019. Montgomery's “Bank Holiday.”
2120. Alone With The Beast Folk
2221. The Reversion Of The Beast Folk
2322. The Man Alone
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