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“The Island Of Doctor Moreau” by 'H. G. Wells' Book Description

This riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter” human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.

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About the author

Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.

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Reviews

[Giorgina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tengo que confesar que durante 27 años de mi vida me bastó y me sobró con las múltiples adaptaciones que hay de esta historia, pero llegó el día en que decidí leerla por las dudas que necesitará algún dato de aquí para comprender "La hija del doctor Moreau" de Silvia Moreno García.


Conocí antes que el libro la adaptación de "La isla del doctor Moreau" con Marlon Brando.
Y bueno, llegó el momento de darle una oportunidad para leer la novela de Silvia, de esta forma logro matar dos pájaros de un tiro.
Me gustó mucho poder leer esta historia dónde conocí lo que era el body horror por primera vez, es un relato que tiene tantas cosas para reflexionar y que tranquilamente podría mantenerse vigente con personas que se han modificado el cuerpo para parecer: un alien, un lagarto, etc.

[Rosalie Simins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course, the writing is dated and the reader has to take into account how modern cinematography has changed how we imagine fantastic creatures but a good book is timeless and this one missed the boat. It got stranded on “The Island of Dr. Moreau”.