“There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, and not in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever is more than animal within us must find its solace and its hope. I hope, or I could not live.”
The Island of Doctor Moreau follows the ordeals of Edward Prendick who, after being adrift in the ocean, is rescued and taken to the mad scientist Dr. Moreau’s island where experiments to create human-animal hybrids are undertaken.
Described by Wells himself as “an exercise in youthful blasphemy”, The Island of Doctor Moreau has been praised as a classic of early science fiction, and is still relevant today. The work explores a number of themes, including evolution, creation and human interference of nature.
