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The Island of Dr. Moreau by Wells, H. G.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780486290270
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486290271
ISBN-13
9780486290270
eBay Product ID (ePID)
980611
Product Key Features
Book Title
Island of Dr. Moreau
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Classics, Dystopian, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
2.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-033376
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Sixth Grade
Dewey Decimal
823/.912
Edition Description
Reprint,Unabridged edition
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., After a collision between two ships in rough seas, the wreck's sole survivor languished for eight days under a merciless sun. With neither food nor drink death seemed certain, but miraculously, Edward Prendick survived. Yet what he would encounter in the days ahead was more horrible and terrifying than death, for the island on which he landed was the home of the infamous Dr. Moreau whose goal was to create a powerful new breed of animal part man and part beast. Is it a miracle of science or a crime against nature?, Mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist performs ghoulish experiments that transform animals into men. Early Wells personification of the scientific quest to control the natural world and, ultimately, human nature.
LC Classification Number
PR5774.I8 1996
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