The island of Dr. Moreau /
This novel, one of [the author's] first forays into the science fiction genre, concerns a mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist who, in his laboratory on a remote island, performs ghoulish experiments in an attempt to transform animals into men, with monstrous results. It is one of [his] earliest a...
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[Moline, IL]:
Graphyco Editions,
2023.
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| 505 | 0 | |a In the dingey of the "Lady Vain" -- Man who was going nowhere -- Strange face -- At the schooner's rail -- Evil-looking boatmen -- Locked door -- Crying of the puma -- Thing in the forest -- Crying of the man -- Hunting of the man -- Sayers of the law -- Parley -- Dr. Moreau explains -- Concerning the beast folk -- How the beast folk tasted blood -- Catastrophe -- Finding of Moreau -- Montgomery's "bank holiday" -- Alone with the beast folk --The Reversion of the beast folk -- Man alone. | |
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