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The Island of Doctor Moreau
A shipwrecked traveler washes up on a remote island where a disgraced scientist is remaking beasts into men.
by H. G. Wells · First published 1896 · 0 views
23 chapters · 43,415 words · ~217 min read
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- Status:
- Public domain (US)
- Source:
- Project Gutenberg
- Attribution:
- H. G. Wells — text from Project Gutenberg (eBook #159)
- Cover:
- Original Sadeqi Story cover design — not a historical edition cover.
Synopsis
A shipwrecked traveler washes up on a remote island where a disgraced scientist is remaking beasts into men. Public-domain classic, first published 1896. Full text sourced from Project Gutenberg (eBook #159), https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/159 — US public domain, imported as library reading content.
Chapters
- 1. INTRODUCTION→
- 2. IN THE DINGEY OF THE “LADY VAIN”→
- 3. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE→
- 4. THE STRANGE FACE→
- 5. AT THE SCHOONER’S RAIL→
- 6. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO→
- 7. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN→
- 8. THE LOCKED DOOR→
- 9. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA→
- 10. THE THING IN THE FOREST→
- 11. THE CRYING OF THE MAN→
- 12. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN→
- 13. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW→
- 14. A PARLEY→
- 15. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS→
- 16. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK→
- 17. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD→
- 18. A CATASTROPHE→
- 19. THE FINDING OF MOREAU→
- 20. MONTGOMERY’S “BANK HOLIDAY”→
- 21. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK→
- 22. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK→
- 23. THE MAN ALONE→
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