The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H.G. Wells
Category: "Fiction - S. F./Fantasy"
Pages:219
Year of Publication:1896
Date Read:02/15/2001
Notes:Prendick is stranded on an island where Moreau turns animals into men by surgically restructuring them. A puma, in mid-change, revolts and kills Moreau. Prendick, alone with the beasts, sees them revert to animals. Finally he escapes. He comes away with the thought that all men are just one remove from animals.
My Rating: 5

Reviews for The Island of Doctor Moreau

Review - Island of Doctor Moreau, The

Propaganda for theistic evolution and goofy besides. I stayed up to 11:00 p.m. to finish it because it wasn't worth reading on two separate days.

Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-22 20:23:49

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