{"product_id":"book-1485","title":"The Island of Dr. Moreau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eWritten in 1896, \u003cem\u003eThe Island of Dr. Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e was an instant sensation that went on to inspire a series of movies. It was meant as a commentary on Darwin’s recently published theory of evolution, which had riveted the world of science and therefore, of science fiction. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices today, readers are still amazed by Wells’s haunting vision and the ethical questions he raised a century before our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eShipwrecked on a Pacific island, gentleman naturalist Edward Prendick finds Dr. Moreau, a scientist expelled from his homeland for performing cruel vivisection experiments. Here Moreau has found the freedom to continue his work, and Prendick soon becomes involved. Dr. Moreau’s project is to “humanize” animals by torturous surgical transplant, creating hideous creatures with manlike intelligence. But as the cruelly-enforced order on Moreau’s island dissolves, the true consequences of his meddling emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49302861152560,"sku":"BD1485","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/301445-1485-Square.jpg?v=1733238166","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1485","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}