The Island of Doctor Moreau (Oxford World's Classics)
H. G. Wells
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Description for The Island of Doctor Moreau (Oxford World's Classics)
Paperback. The Island of Doctor Moreau is the account of Edward Prendick, an English gentleman who finds himself shipwrecked and an unwelcomed guest on the Pacific island of one Doctor Moreau. There, Prendick discovers Moreau is performing horrific experiments, using vivisection to craft animals into human beings. Editor(s): Jones, Darryl. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 241 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
'The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals, humanised animals...' A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island, the guest of a notorious scientist, Doctor Moreau. Disturbed by the cries of animals in pain, and by his encounters with half-bestial creatures, Edward slowly realises his danger and the extremes of the Doctor's experiments. Saturated in pain and disgust, suffused with grotesque and often unbearable images of torture and bodily mutilation, The Island of Doctor Moreau is unquestionably a shocking novel. It is also a serious, and highly ... Read more
'The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals, humanised animals...' A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island, the guest of a notorious scientist, Doctor Moreau. Disturbed by the cries of animals in pain, and by his encounters with half-bestial creatures, Edward slowly realises his danger and the extremes of the Doctor's experiments. Saturated in pain and disgust, suffused with grotesque and often unbearable images of torture and bodily mutilation, The Island of Doctor Moreau is unquestionably a shocking novel. It is also a serious, and highly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198702665
SKU
V9780198702665
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About H. G. Wells
Darryl Jones has taught at Trinity College Dublin since 1994. Prior to this he taught in the University of Lodz, Poland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Transylvania, and Tongji University, Shanghai. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Horror: A Thematic History in Fiction and Film (Arnold/OUP 2002), ... Read more
Reviews for The Island of Doctor Moreau (Oxford World's Classics)
This is an accomplished edition.
Jonathan Cowie, Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation
Jonathan Cowie, Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation