The island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
The island of Doctor Moreau
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"The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel published in 1896. Shipwrecked scientist Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote island inhabited by Doctor Moreau, a disgraced physiologist conducting horrific experiments. Through vivisection, Moreau transforms animals into human-like creatures called the Beast Folk, who struggle to maintain their humanity under a strict code of laws. As Prendick uncovers the dark secrets of the island, he confronts questions about the boundaries of science, the nature of human identity, and the price of unchecked ambition.
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About the author
H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer who trained as a biology teacher under T. H. Huxley, and the scientific romances he wrote in the 1890s supplied science fiction with most of its furniture: the time machine, the alien invasion, the invisible man, the animal made human in a laboratory. He was also a prolific journalist, historian and socialist campaigner who wrote more than a hundred books and expected to be remembered for the arguments rather than the stories. His novels include The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.