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The island of Doctor Moreau / H.G. Wells. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SF masterworksPublication details: London : Gollancz, [(c)2010.Description: xii, 186 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780575095168
  • 0575095164
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR5774.I853 2010
  • PR5774.W454.I853 2010
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Summary: H.G. Wells' terrifying classic tale of science run amok Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. Strange events soon cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island. This science fiction classic mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivaled fashion. Its questions about how far science should go will ring as true today as they did when it was first published in 1896.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction PR5774.I8 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001682497

H.G. Wells' terrifying classic tale of science run amok Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. Strange events soon cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island. This science fiction classic mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivaled fashion. Its questions about how far science should go will ring as true today as they did when it was first published in 1896.

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