Wells packed a lot of moral themes into what is ostensibly an adventure tale of a mad scientist on a desert island. His obvious target is vivisection, sniping at those who only object if they see and hear the pain and suffering caused. This, possibly, extends to squeamish meat-eaters, too, and he gives a kicking to organised religion and its role in social control and the maintaining of hierarchical class systems.
His implied criticism of ... ⬇️
Of the three main homo sapien characters, Moreau is chillingly prophetic of Nazi medical-experimenter/geonocidal-fascist-murderer, Josef Mengele; the narrator, Prendick, deserves the... ⬇️ 12mo
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(Longest ever Litsy review? Apologies 😔) 12mo