The Island of Doctor Moreau Paperback / softback
by H.G. Wells
Edited by Mason Harris
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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 island’s humans and animals result in unspeakable horrors. The critical introduction to this Broadview Edition gives particular emphasis to Wells’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 Wells’s early writing; in addition, excerpts from other writers illustrate late-nineteenth-century anxieties about social degeneration.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/07/2009
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- ISBN:9781551113272
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/07/2009
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- ISBN:9781551113272
