The Island of Doctor Moreau (Includes biography about the life and times of H.G. Wells)

by H. G. Wells

Overview

H.G. Wells novel is include here in electronic form with a biography about the life and times of Wells'.

The Island of Doctor Moreau is about an island where the narrator, Edward Prendick, is shipwrecked on a tropical island and saved by Moreauís helper, Montgomery. Moreau is a vivisectionist shunned by conventional society due to his scientific activities, which includes conducting experiments on animals in order to manipulate and improve their traits. He has been on the island for eleven years.

The science fiction novel The Island of Doctor Moreau never appeared in serialized form. It was first published as a book in April of 1896 by Heinemann of London and in August of the same year in the United States. The story has been adapted to film five times.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013107434
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	08/12/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	162 KB

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866–1946), born Herbert George Wells, was an English author known for not only his popular science fiction books but also works of social commentary, history and biography. His first novel, The Time Machine, was published in 1895. Socially progressive and visionary in intellect, H.G. Wells became one of the most prolific writers of his generation. Through books like The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and War of the Worlds, Wells delved into a plethora of social, philosophical and political ideas through the medium of what we now call science fiction.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England