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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808633203321

Autore

Wells H. G (Herbert George), <1866-1946, >

Titolo

The island of Dr. Moreau / / H. G. Wells

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Animal experimentation

Science - Ethics

Shipwreck survival

Islands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; INTRODUCTION; I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE "LADY VAIN"; II. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE; III. THE STRANGE FACE; IV. AT THE SCHOONER'S RAIL; V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO; VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN; VII. THE LOCKED DOOR; VIII. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA; IX. THE THING IN THE FOREST; X. THE CRYING OF THE MAN; XI. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN; XII. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW; XIII. A PARLEY; XIV. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS; XV. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK; XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD; XVII. A CATASTROPHE; XVIII. THE FINDING OF MOREAU; XIX. MONTGOMERY'S "BANK HOLIDAY"

XX. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLKXXI. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK; XXII. THE MAN ALONE; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

"Dr. Moreau, a scientist expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments, finds a deserted island that gives him the freedom to continue torturous transplantations and create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence. But as the brutally enforced order on Moreau's island dissolves, the true consequences of his experiments emerge, and his creations revert to beasts more shocking than nature could devise"--Page [4] of cover.