EAN: 9780141441023

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU - H G WELLS KARTONI...

Adrift in a dinghy  Edward Prendick  the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain  is
rescued by a vessel carrying an unusual cargo-a menagerie of savage animals. Nursed to recovery
by their keeper Montgomery  who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood  Prendick soon
finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts.
There  he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau-a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in
vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilized world. It soon becomes clear that he has
continued to develop these experiments with truly horrific results. The edition includes a
newly established text  a full biographical essay on Wells  a list of further reading  and
detailed note. Margaret Atwood's introduction explores the social and scientific relevance of
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