{"product_id":"9780486110608","title":"The Island of Dr. Moreau","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsidered one of the fathers of science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) brought enormous inventiveness and an underlying social vision and moral concern to his strange tales and bizarre imaginings. A student of Darwinian biology, he formed his romantic conceptions of the scientific world at an early age.\u003cbr\u003eThis novel, one of his first forays into the science fiction genre, concerns a mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist who, in his laboratory on a remote island, performs ghoulish experiments in an attempt to transform animals into men, with monstrous results. It is one of Wells' earliest and most sinister personifications of the scientific quest to control and manipulate the natural world, and, ultimately, human nature itself.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1896, \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Dr. Moreau\u003c\/i\u003e has intrigued and horrified readers for generations. It will gain legions of new fans in this inexpensive Dover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106438103280,"sku":"9780486110608","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486110608_p0.jpg?v=1763708060","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486110608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}