TheIslandofDoctorMoreau

PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY A terrifying, prescient portrayal of a scientist trying to create a new super- breed, The Island of Doctor Moreau was described by H. G. Wells as an ‘exercise in youthful blasphemy’. Edward Prendick, the single survivor of a shipwreck, is rescued by a vessel carrying a menagerie of savage animals. Soon he finds himself stranded on an uncharted island in the Pacific with the strange vivisectionist Dr Moreau, whose experiments have led him to break the laws of nature, turning beast into man with horrific results. H. G. WELLS The Island of Doctor Moreau PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY Contents THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU Introduction 1. In the Dinghy of the ‘Lady Vain’ 2. The Man Who Was Going Nowhere 3. The Strange Face 4. At the Schooner’s Rail 5. The Landing on the Island 6. The Evil-Looking Boatmen 7. The Locked Door 8. The Crying of the Puma 9. The Thing in the Forest 10. The Crying of the Man 11. The Hunting of the Man 12. The Sayers of the Law 13. A Parley 14. Doctor Moreau Explains 15. Concerning the Beast Folk 16. How the Beast Folk Tasted Blood 17. A Cata......