{"product_id":"the-island-of-doctor-moreau-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder, Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: this time I will burn out all the animal, this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' declares Doctor Moreau to hapless narrator Edward Prendick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Moreau's highly controversial methods and ambitions conflict with the religious, moral and scientific norms of his day and Wells later called \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e 'a youthful exercise in blasphemy'. Today his vivid depictions of the Beast People still strike modern readers with an uncanny glimpse of the animal in the human, while the behaviour of humans leave us wondering who is the most monstrous after all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume unites four of Wells' liveliest and most engaging tales of the strange evolution and behaviour of animals - including human beings. The Island of Doctor Moreau is followed by three fantastic yet chillingly plausible short stories of human-animal encounters. \u003cem\u003eThe Empire of the Ants\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly humorous account of intelligent Amazonian ants threatening to displace humans as 'the lords of the future and masters of the earth'. In \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Raiders\u003c\/em\u003e, the south coast of England is terrorized by an unwelcome visit from deep-sea predator Haploteuthis ferox, while \u003cem\u003e pyornis Island \u003c\/em\u003eprovides a marooned egg collector with an unusual companion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46838170878108,"sku":"9781840227406","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781840227406.jpg?v=1778494025","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}