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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

海难幸存者来到流亡科学家的岛上。一场海难之后,热爱科学的英国人爱德华·普伦迪克来到了莫罗博士的岛上。这个名字让他想起一桩丑闻:在伦敦,一名记者曾揭露这位科学家对活体动物所做的残忍实验。

The world of the book

达尔文时代的一座太平洋岛屿。故事发生在1887年,地点是英国科学家莫罗博士藏身的岛屿。这是一座被珊瑚礁环绕的小火山岛,距南美洲海岸两千多公里。在英国,伟大的科学家查尔斯·达尔文已经证明,人类与动物拥有共同的祖先。英国人也在争论用活体动物做实验的问题。

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