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The Island of Dr. Moreau

H. G. Wells · 1896 · Novel

Setting: 1896

Synopsis

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: IslandsSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecksFictionAnimal experimentationHorror storiesFiction, science fiction, generalEnglish literatureScience fictionOccultismEnglish Science fiction

isfdb_id: 8973

openlibrary_id: OL381550W

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