Island of Doctor Moreau

First published in 1896, 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' is a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells, an English writer. Excellent in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography, and autobiography. In this novel, Edward Prendick reaches an enigmatic island, and he is presented to its leader, the evasive Dr. Moreau. He s a dishonored vivisectionist who was compelled to escape after his investigations were uncovered. On the island, he made a human-animal-hybrid race called Beast Folk. As Prendick meets these creatures, he starts to worry for his life. He endeavors to flee the dreadfulness of the land but is tormented by its hideous reality.