Wells a classic work of early science fiction that remains one of the author’s most disturbing and unforgettable novels. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the first publication of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Reproduction of Théodore Géricault’s masterpiece painting The Raft of the Medusa (c.1819).Īppendix C: Wells’s First Draft of Moreau.Ī study and excerpt from H.G. Wells, The Limits of Individual Plasticity (1895)Īppendix B: ‘The Terrible Medusa Case’: An Historical Source for Prendick’s Shipwreck.Ī narrative account of the infamous shipwreck Méduse (1818).
Endsheets are custom designed for this edition.Īppendix A: Wells Explains: Two Essays Relating to Moreau’s Argument.Signed by Megan Shepherd, Adam Roberts and Benz and Chang.New exclusive foreword by Megan Shepherd.Six full color illustrations by Benz and Chang.Foreword by Megan Shepherd / Afterword by Adam Roberts.
The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, who creates human-like beings from animals via vivisection. Wells, who called it "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H.
Personally signed by Megan Shepherd, Adam Roberts and Benz and Chang.
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