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Barnes & Noble Digital Library

52 total works

Cover of The Plattner Story and Others (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Tales of Space and Time (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of The Sea Lady (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of In the Days of the Comet (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of War and the Future (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of The Island of Dr. Moreau (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
When first published, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1896) shocked and horrified most of its readers and reviewers. Wells effectively employs disturbing elements to explore both the implications of evolutionary theory and to satirize modern society's religious institutions and its pride in its civilization; all through a story filled with suspense and adventure, capable of being read in a single page-turning sitting. As with the other early scientific romances that initiated Wells' literary career, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" successfully integrates serious ideas into a story driven not only by fast-paced action but also by Wells' gift for placing the fantastic parts of the story in the realistically depicted world of his audience. Thus Wells offered the growing field of science fiction an important model as well as one of its most highly regarded examples.

Cover of The History of Mr. Polly (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of A Modern Utopia (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Love and Mr. Lewisham (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Bealby (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Marriage (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of The New Machiavelli (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Frank Swinnerton (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought

Cover of How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of The War That Will End War (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of Mankind in the Making (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of New Worlds for Old (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Cover of First and Last Things (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)