Island of Dr Moreau(Penguin Classics)|报价￥96.10|图书,进口原版,Literature & Fiction 文学/小说,Classics 名著,H.G. Wells

品牌：H.G. Wells

基本信息

·出版社：Penguin Classics

·页码：176 页码

·出版日：2005年

·ISBN：014144102X

·条码：9780141441023

·装帧：平装

·丛书名：Penguin Classics

内容简介

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Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good shipLady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying an unusual cargo—a menagerie of savage animals. Nursed to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. There, he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau—a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilized world. It soon becomes clear that he has continued to develop these experiments with truly horrific results.

-Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes -Margaret Atwood’s introduction explores the social and scientific relevance of this influential work

作者简介

HG Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T H Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. He worked in poverty in London as a crammer while experimenting in journalism and stories. It was with The Time Machine (1895) that he had his real breakthrough.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Amazon.com

A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreauis an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author ofThe Time Machine,The Invisible Man, andThe War of the Worldslit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896.--This text refers to theMass Market Paperbackedition.

From Library Journal

Like the Hugo and the James above, this is being published to tie in with a recent film adaptation. It nonetheless offers a high-quality hardcover at a reasonable price.

Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

Released in conjunction with the movie featuring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer, this audiobook enjoys the talents of a particularly effective reader. Michael Williams has a low-key, cultured British intonation, which sounds almost jaded in parts. Yet he distinguishes the various characters with fluid skill: A sea captain's voice is so rough it sounds like a metal rasp; the beast-men created by Moreau's vivisection sound almost ethereal, as if still exhausted by torture under the knife. There's no musical punctuation or any other enhancement. Williams carries the somber story alone, his voice tense with excitement at times, almost whispering at more contemplative moments. D.W.Ê (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

?The Island of Dr. Moreautakes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling.?

?V. S. Pritchett

From the Trade Paperback edition.--This text refers to theMass Market Paperbackedition.

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