--- product_id: 12579014 title: "The Island of Dr Moreau" brand: "h. g. wellssteve macleanpatrick parrindermargaret atwood" price: "€ 21.38" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/12579014-the-island-of-dr-moreau store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Island of Dr Moreau **Brand:** h. g. wellssteve macleanpatrick parrindermargaret atwood **Price:** € 21.38 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Island of Dr Moreau by h. g. wellssteve macleanpatrick parrindermargaret atwood - **How much does it cost?** € 21.38 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/12579014-the-island-of-dr-moreau) ## Best For - h. g. wellssteve macleanpatrick parrindermargaret atwood enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted h. g. wellssteve macleanpatrick parrindermargaret atwood brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Island of Dr Moreau - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PvpxmXomL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Are we not men? *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 7, 2013* The question that "The Law" posits in this novel -- "Are we not men?" -- drives us to question so many, many assumptions we have about ourselves as human beings.This book has a rather special place in my own reading life. It gave me deep chills, indeed, it horrified me when I first read it in late childhood, and a recent re-reading reminded me of that experience and led me to reflect on just what, exactly, caused that reaction.I think it came about because good novels touch us at points of intuition, rather than rationally. Reason, that's for science classes and textbooks. Novels work through our imagination and take hold in a different part of our minds, and so this one poses a fundamental question: if people evolved from animals, how different from them are we? This leads to corollary questions: is civilization just a thin, fictitious construct? Is there no ultimate law? Under the right circumstances, do we revert to our beastly nature?In short, the book invites us to take a long stare into the abyss of chaos, and, once staring, it's hard to avert ones gaze, terrible as it is.There, I think, is the power of this novel. Like any great work of science fiction, it drives us to ponder, uncomfortably, "what if? ... what if? ... WHAT IF???" Because if this novel has a scintilla of truth in it, we live in a very, very dangerous world.The novel was first published in 1896, while the controversies over Darwin and the theory of evolution were fresh and ripe. In addition, there was the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote in "Thus Spake Zarathustra" that "God is dead." Hence, the novel raises so many questions for which there are no very sure answers. Are humans no more than evolved beasts? If evolved, can we devolve? Is law nothing more than an elaborate fiction perpetrated by the powerful on the powerless? Are all the elaborate trappings of civilization we have just illusions to keep our animal instincts in check? Are the government and the police no more than "The Master" and "The Other with the Whip"? And what do we do when we discover something different, like a man who walked into the sea? And if "The Master" is dead - or as Nietzsche put it, God is dead - is there a Law?This novel becomes all the more poignant today given certain philosophical and political developments. On the philosophical side, militant atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris insist there is nothing to us but our animal nature, to the point of Harris even arguing in a recent book that humans have no free will, just obedience to natural laws (in which case I have to ask what natural law led Harris to write that book? - just sayin'). Several more rigorous and more precise philosophers (here I think of David Dennett and Alain de Bouton) struggle seriously with the question of how morality is possible in the absence of God - they have some interesting answers, so please explore their books.On the political side, libertarians and some conservatives (and even some more traditional liberals) are rather exercised about the notion of "Rule of Law" (and it is an important concept). That is, they argue that civilization becomes impossible if there are not consistent rules that apply to all and that are uniformly enforced regardless of who is in charge. I'll grant that for the sake of argument, but what, then, is the source of law? Moreau? Some sad, sick ambitious creator who didn't give a thought for the moral consequences of his experimentation?So that's what I love about this novel: unless you aren't paying attention, you have to ask fundamental questions about your very existence, and about the very existence of human society.This note about Wells as a novelist: honestly, he frustrates me. I've read much of what he's written, and in almost every case, to include this one, he gets a great plot going, and then can't seem to keep it going, so he comes up with some Deus ex Machina to get him out of the corner he's written himself into. And in almost all of his novels at some point he drops off of the painstaking task of showing us what's going on and devolves to just telling us what happened. And that's why he's hardly a novelist of the first rank, and why this novel doesn't get five stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great read. Quick and attention gripping. *by E***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2023* I enjoyed reading this book. You won't be disappointed. Holds your attention throughout. Didn't want to put the book down. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars How you rate a classic? *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2022* Can we compare this book with Frankenstein? I don't know. Dr. Frankenstein made his " monster" with human parts, but Dr. Moreau only used animal parts. But nature is more powerful than science. Moreau and his partner Montgomery were always afraid of when the animals will start going back to their "main" animal behavior. And they always said WHEN not IF.About the courageous 10 months Dr. Prendick spend in the island, mostly by himself also change him. It was difficult for him to be around people and to trust them...when he was going to be totally human again. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/12579014-the-island-of-dr-moreau](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/12579014-the-island-of-dr-moreau) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-06-04*