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The Island of Doctor Moreau |
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| By (author): |
H.G. Wells Edited by: Mason Harris |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551113279 : 9781551113272 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
292 |
| Weight: |
.383 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - July 2009 |
| List Price: |
20.25 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| A classic of science fiction and a dark meditation on Darwinian thought in the late Victorian period, The Island of Doctor Moreau explores the possibility of civilization as a constraint imposed on savage human nature. The protagonist, Edward Prendick, finds himself stranded on an island with the notorious Doctor Moreau, whose experiments on the islandâ s humans and animals result in unspeakable horrors. The critical introduction to this Broadview Edition gives particular emphasis to Wellsâ s hostility towards religion as well as his thorough knowledge of the Darwinian thought of his time. Appendices provide passages from Darwin and Huxley related to Wellsâ s early writing; in addition, excerpts from other writers illustrate late-nineteenth-century anxieties about social degeneration. |
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