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The Island of Dr Moreau is both an exciting adventure story, and H G Wells' prescient critique of the dangers of Science shorn of all emotion, of research driven only by a cold intellectual curiosity. Written over a hundred years ago, the book's themes are especially relevant today, when genetic manipulation of both plants and animals has turned the authors concerns from fantasy to disconcerting reality.

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel, by English author, H. G. Wells. 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. 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. 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 hybrid 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. Wells described the novel as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic of early science fiction and remains one of Wells's best-known books. It has been adapted to film and other media on many occasions.

Narrowly missing death at sea, Pendrick finds a risky sanctuary on a remote island as an invited guest of Dr. Moreau. Pendrick is unaware of the evil that lurks behind the scenes. Dr. Moreau is in the midst of scientific experiments he feels will benefit all mankind. Whether his ambitions are worthy, or mad, is yet to be proven. He has succeeded only in achieving the grotesque. When Pendrick finally discovers the extent of Moreau's ghastly experiments, he is horrified at what he sees. Then he knows, he must escape the island at any cost...

The Island of Doctor Moreau, by Wells, H. G. - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - Join H.G. Wells for a spine-tingling classic of science fiction. When Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the South Pacific, he is picked up by a ship loaded with animals and bound for a strange island. Once there Prendick finds himself under the power of Dr. Moreau, who has turned the island into a haven where he can indulge in dark experiments. As he discovers the horrors which Dr. Moreau has created, Prendick finds that his own life is now at stake. Criticized as blasphemous when it was first published in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau prefigures modern issues surrounding genetic engineering and the ethical problems of technology.

H.G. Wells established his reputation as a literary master with the publication of The Island of Doctor Moreau. A daring commentary on the science of the day, The Island of Doctor Moreau set the standard for enthralling tales of science fiction. The novel’s unsuspecting protagonist is Prendick, a rather useless aristocrat who finds himself lost at sea. He is rescued by a passing ship and is treated by a Dr. Montgomery. Montgomery tells Prendick that they are headed to an unnamed island where he conducts scientific work. Upon arrival at the island, Prendick is introduced to the aloof Doctor Moreau, who seems to be the one in charge. Moreau wants nothing to do with Prendick, and is set to cast him back into the sea. The islanders take pity on him and Prendick is allowed to stay as a guest in a mysterious enclosure on the island where Doctor Montgomery and Doctor Moreau perform their research. Prendick, curious about what goes on in secret rooms, investigates the island and eventually figures out what exactly it is that goes on there. He ends up witnessing unimaginable horrors and is forever changed. The godlike Doctor Moreau has remained one of literature’s complex villains; like Frankenstein, he is a man who does whatever he feels he must in the name of science. Wells idea of man’s scientific experiments going terribly wrong has been a recurring theme in science fiction novels and movies throughout the years; The Island of Doctor Moreau is one of the first great sciencefiction novels that had its readers involved in a riveting storyline while also grappling with great ethical dilemmas brought on by scientific discovery. It remains an exciting and fascinating journey into the unknown. Title: The Island of Doctor Moreau Author: H. G. Wells ISBN: 9781775420026 Version: Unabridged Language: English Reader: Various Format: MP3 Audio CD Tracks / Chapters: 23 Chapters Total running time: 04:30:01