{"product_id":"the-island-of-doctor-moreau-one-of-the-wellss-best-fiction-9781803968766","title":"The Island of Doctor Moreau: One of the Wells's Best Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eA shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island, the guest of a notorious scientist, Doctor Moreau. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisturbed by the cries of animals in pain, and by his encounters with half-bestial creatures, Edward slowly realizes his danger and the extremes of the Doctor's experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaturated in pain and disgust, suffused with grotesque and often unbearable images of torture and bodily mutilation, \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e is unquestionably a shocking novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also a serious, and highly knowledgeable, philosophical engagement with Wells's times, with their climate of scientific openness and advancement, but also their anxieties about the ethical nature of scientific discoveries, and their implications for religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarryl Jones's introduction places the book in both its scientific and literary context; with the \u003cem\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/em\u003e, and argues that \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e is, like all of Wells's best fiction, is fundamentally a novel of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intell World Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803968766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.29d","brand":"H G Wells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43732959428789,"sku":"9781803968766","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7f850e5-c020-4e40-86f8-bf6d6ad82174.jpg?v=1710256069","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-one-of-the-wellss-best-fiction-9781803968766","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}