The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells [1996 TOR PAPERBACK]

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1996] TOR BOOKS

90's TOR paperback printing with rare cover art. 

Some scuffs and creasing to cover.  Binding is tight and contents read good as new!

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.