num_pages: 142
description: Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of The Island of Dr. Moreau includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Elisabeth Engstrom.After a collision between two ships in rough seas, a "private gentlemen"--the wreck's sole survivor--languished for eight days under a merciless sun. With neither food to eat nor water to drink, death seemed a certainty. But miraculously, Edward Prendick survived.Yet what he was to encounter in the days ahead was more horrible and terrifying than any death he could ever have imagined. For the island on which he landed was the home of the infamous Dr. Moreau.Exiled from England because of his gruesome experiments in vivisection, Moreau has taken up residence in this remote paradise in order to continue his work. His goal: To create a new, superior race of beings! His legacy, however, would prove to be a nightmare beyond comprehension...
language: English
title: The Island of Dr. Moreau
titlecomplete: The Island of Dr. Moreau
characters: Edward Prendick, Dr. Moreau, Dr. Montgomery
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 117066
awards: awardedAt: 1577865600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Illustrated or Art Book
publisher: Tor Classics