The Island of Dr Moreau

von H. G. Wells

After the Lady Vain is shipwrecked, Edward Prendick is plucked from thewaves by a passing ship and deposited on a remote island. Here he is theguest of Dr Moreau, whose notorious scientifi c methods had caused anuproar that left him with no choice but to fl ee London.Disquieted and appalled by the pained cries of suffering animals, Edwardsoon realizes that the Doctor is continuing and developing his depravedexperiments, and that he too is in great danger.Shocking and suffused with contemporary fears regarding the morality ofthe latest advances in science and their possible implications for religion,The Island of Dr Moreau is both a ruthless social satire and an explorationof human nature.