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The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells · 1896
After a shipwreck leaves Edward Prendick adrift in the Pacific, he reaches a remote island ruled by a reclusive physiologist. Its strange inhabitants lead him to question the boundary between human nature and the animal world.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 69 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Characters — Principal and Secondary Figures (1 of 4)
The Characters — Secondary and Coadjuvant Figures (2 of 4)
The Characters — Coadjuvant Figures: Human Stories (3 of 4)
The Unnamed Pacific Island
The Grey Beach and Narrow DockThe sloping grey sand and the small cut in the beach that can take a longboat at the tide.
The Lady Vain Dinghy
The Schooner on the HorizonA sail appears over the empty sea.
The Strange Face at the LadderM'ling pauses on the companion ladder.
This edition
- Title
- The Island of Doctor Moreau
- Author
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
- First published
- 1896
- Illustrated plates
- 150 original artworks · 69 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 22 · about 43,579 words
- Reading time
- 2 h 54 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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