Island of Doctor Moreau

Author(s)

• H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics.

When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew; it then 'transcribes' the tale. (Summary from Wikipedia)

1. INTRODUCTION
2. IN THE DINGEY OF THE "LADY VAIN"
3. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE
4. THE STRANGE FACE
5. AT THE SCHOONER'S RAIL
6. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO
7. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN
8. THE LOCKED DOOR
9. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA
10. THE THING IN THE FOREST
11. THE CRYING OF THE MAN
12. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN
13. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW
14. THE PARLEY
15. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS
16. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK
17. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD
18. A CATASTROPHE
19. THE FINDING OF MOREAU
20. MONTGOMERY'S BANK HOLIDAY
21. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK
22. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK
23. THE MAN ALONE