The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Novel Science_Gift_Guide " - Wall Street Journal

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The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Novel Science_Gift_Guide " - Wall Street JournalA visionary, shocking depiction of man's relationship to beast, first published in 1896 by the author of The War of the Worlds. With a new introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert. Alone and adrift in the Pacific, Edward Prendick is rescued by a ship carrying an odd cargo of wild animals to an uncharted island. Though he is grateful for the hositality of the animals' keeper, Montgomery, and of Montgomery's employer, Dr. Moreau, he begins to be alarmed by the