The Island of Dr. Moreau (annotated)

By: Wells, H. G.

Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau's assistant he is taken to the doctor's island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08RR9SZFB
• ISBN13: 9798588675420
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

"I hope, or I could not live."

As with many of H.G.'s stories, it is a tale told by a narrator. Also, at first, you may not notice his slipping in of social underpinnings. Pendrick, our narrator, starts out trying to tell how he was disenshipped and disappeared at sea for a year to turn up alive. His explanation is so fantastic that no one believes him. However, after we read his account, we do. He spent the bulk of his time on an isolated island with the mysterious Dr. Moreau, Moreau's right-hand man Montgomery, and a menagerie of unique people. Where did they come from, and what are they doing on this island? As the story unfolds, Pendrick realizes he is the next either on the operating table or for supper or maybe something more sinister. This story has shades of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies". However, I can swear that I work with the very same creatures every day. Moreover, I will never look at my cat in the same way. Somehow, I missed the movie version of this book, so I cannot compare them.