The island of Doctor Moreau

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The island of Doctor Moreau

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

EN·~4 hours

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A shipwreck on the Pacific leaves a lone survivor adrift, clutching only a few stale biscuits and a shattered sense of reality. As the storm‑tossed dinghy drifts, his mind teeters between the horror of the wreck and the strange, distant memory of a vanished schooner called the Ipecacuanha. When he finally washes ashore on a remote volcanic isle, the island’s silence is broken only by the cries of exotic animals and the unsettling rustle of unseen creatures.

There, the survivor discovers a hidden laboratory run by a reclusive scientist who is reshaping the natural order, stitching together the bodies of beasts and men. The island becomes a stage for unsettling experiments, moral dilemmas, and a clash between primal instinct and fragile humanity. Listeners are drawn into the uneasy tension of a world where the line between animal and human is being deliberately erased.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (240K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Judith Boss and Andrew Sly

Release date

2004-10-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

1866–1946

Best known for imagining time travel, alien invasion, and invisible men, this pioneering English writer helped shape modern science fiction. His stories are thrilling on the surface, but they also question class, power, progress, and the future of humanity.

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