The Island of Dr. Moreau

Resumen del libro

Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the earliest scientific romances. An instant sensation, it was meant as a commentary on Darwin's theory of evolution, which H. G. Wells stoutly believed. The story centers on the depraved Dr. Moreau, who conducts unspeakable animal experiments on a remote tropical island, with hideous, humanlike results. Edward Prendick, an English-man whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast Folk's strange civilization and their eventual terrifying regression. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices today, readers are still astounded at Wells's haunting vision and the ethical questions he raised a century before our time.

Biografía del autor

Herbert George Wells (1866), más conocido como H. G. Wells, fue un escritor, novelista, historiador y filósofo británico. Fue un autor prolífico que escribió en diversos géneros docenas de novelas, relatos cortos, obras de crítica social, sátiras, biografías y autobiografías.