The Island of Doctor Moreau
Author: H. G. Wells
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Languages: English, RU
Genre: Adventure, Dystopian, Sci-Fi
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A shipwrecked naturalist washes up on a remote island where a brilliant surgeon carves living beasts into the shape of men.
Characters
- Edward Prendick — narrator: English gentleman and amateur naturalist, shipwrecked onto the island.
- Doctor Moreau — vivisectionist: Exiled physiologist who surgically reshapes living animals into men.
- Montgomery — Moreau's assistant: Moreau's hard-drinking assistant, a medical man with a ruined past.
- M'ling — Montgomery's servant: Montgomery's devoted beast-servant, a hybrid of bear, dog and ox.
- The Sayer of the Law — keeper of the Law: Grey Beast-creature who chants and teaches the Law to the others.
- The Ape-man — Beast Folk: Chattering Beast-creature who takes Prendick for a fellow 'five-man'.
- The Hyena-swine — Beast Folk: Fierce hyena-and-swine hybrid, the boldest and most dangerous of the Beast Folk.
- The Leopard-man — Beast Folk: Feline Beast-creature, the first openly to break the Law.
- The Dog-man — Beast Folk: St Bernard-derived Beast-creature who grows loyal to Prendick.
- Helmar — fellow castaway: A passenger adrift with Prendick in the dinghy after the Lady Vain sinks.