# The Island of Doctor Moreau

by [H. G. Wells](https://localbooks.app/authors/h-g-wells)

- Genres: [Body Horror](https://localbooks.app/genres/horror/body-horror), [Hard Science Fiction](https://localbooks.app/genres/science-fiction/hard-science-fiction)
- Set in: [Noble's Isle](https://localbooks.app/places/invented-worlds/nobles-isle) (Invented Worlds, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1896
- Pages: 192

## Description

Shipwrecked and stranded on a remote Pacific island, Edward Prendick discovers that its owner, the exiled surgeon Moreau, is reshaping animals into creatures that walk and speak like men, and keeps them in line with a law he may not be able to enforce.

## Where to buy

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