The Island of Dr. Moreau

Paperback, 208 pages

Published Aug. 24, 2023 by Orion Publishing Group, Hachette UK.

ISBN:
978-1-3996-1723-9
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4 stars (6 reviews)

When Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a tropical island, he is surprised to find he has company in the form of Dr Moreau.

Driven out of Britain in disgrace, Dr Moreau has decided to explore his science in peace and isolation.

It isn’t long before Prendick discovers the horrors it involves...

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4 stars

Te pica un mosquito Tigre y te rascas con saña. No es bueno hacerlo pero da gustillo un rato. Es un dolor gustoso, pero un dolor al fin y al cabo. Este libro es igual. Eso es bueno? Lo empecé y me fuí "rascando" mientras lo escuchaba.

Por algunas alusiones que hace deduzco que el autor leyó sobre un caso famoso que me interesa desde hace años. Un hombre llamado Phineas Gage acabó con una barra que le cruzó la cabeza y llegó a varios metros de distancia. Con el agujero de entrada y salida (y pérdida de masa cerebral) sobrevivió 12 años y originó avances en el estudio del funcionamiento del cerebro y el comportamiento humano (mirar San Google si os interesa el tema y hay documentales muy buenos también).

Un náufrago llega a una isla donde un doctor realiza experimentos espeluznantes con animales. En el Dr. Moreau ni …

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3 stars

There must be few educated people alive today who are unaware of the theory of evolution of species, even if they do not know the technical details or if they reject it out right. It is difficult in such a society to imagine the startlement, even shock, many people experienced when Darwin's ideas became widespread for the first time. This book is H.G. Wells' reaction to those ideas. Wells studied biology under Huxley, a great Darwin apologist, and makes his protagonist another such student - one who is forced by shipwreck into life on a Pacific island populated by the notorious Dr. Moreau, Dr. Moreau's drunkard of an assistant and a group of very peculiar folk indeed.
This short book is over in a flash, but bears a good deal of thought in the aftermath - not merely a fast paced adventure, it is religious allegory, social comment and scientific …

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  • Islands
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
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  • Animal experimentation
  • Horror stories
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  • Animal experimentation -- Fiction
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
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  • Island of Dr. Moreau (Motion picture : 1977)
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