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The Island of Doctor Moreau

Herbert George Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau

Paper book: €18.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1896
Pages
343
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Moods
Get the chills, Think it through, Imagine tomorrow
Translated from
English

Book summary

Saved from a shipwreck, Edward Prendick is put ashore on a remote island in the Pacific, home to a banished scientist, Dr Moreau, and his assistant. At night, screams come from the laboratory. The island's strange inhabitants recite a Law like a prayer: “Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law.”

H. G. Wells asks a question that is still with us: how far does science have the right to go, and what separates man from animal?

Full of suspense, this novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Hajótörött egy száműzött tudósnál. Egy hajótörés után Edward Prendick, a tudományokért rajongó angol, Moreau doktor szigetére kerül. A név egy botrányt juttat eszébe: Londonban egy újságíró leleplezte ennek a tudósnak…

The world of the book

Csendes-óceáni sziget Darwin idejében. A történet 1887-ben játszódik azon a szigeten, ahol Moreau doktor, egy angol tudós rejtőzködve él. A sziget kis vulkán, amelyet korallzátonyok öveznek, több mint 2000 kilométerre…

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