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WELLS H G THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction  When
Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a tropical island  he is surprised to find he has company in
the form of Dr Moreau.  Driven out of Britain in disgrace  Dr Moreau has decided to explore his
science in peace and isolation.  It isn't long before Prendick discovers the horrors it
involves . . .   Considered widely to be one of the fathers of science fiction  H.G. Wells'
story of a mad scientist pushing the boundaries of humanity sits alongside Frankenstein and The
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the annals of British classics. The novel has been
adapted multiple times  and is referenced in many different media.  'The most important of all
nineteenth-century sf writers in the UK and in America' - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 
'Short  cold  economic and totally unrelenting. An utterly terrifying book' - China Miéville
'One of our bravest and most stimulating writers' - Telegraph

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