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The Island of Dr. Moreau

by H. G. Wells
Item Number: 1805
After a collision between two ships in rough seas, the wreck's sole survivor languished for eight days under a merciless sun. With neither food nor drink death seemed certain, but miraculously, Edward Prendick survived. Yet what he would encounter in the days ahead was more horrible and terrifying than death, for the island on which he landed was the home of the infamous Dr. Moreau whose goal was to create a powerful new breed of animal - part man and part beast. Is it a miracle of science or a crime against nature?

Modern day practices such as gene-splicing and bioengineering are foretold in H. G. Well's haunting visionary fable. The book created a sensation when it first appeared in 1896, and Wells himself later deemed the work "an exercise in youthful blasphemy".

(From the Treasured Classics shelf.)