The Island of Doctor Moreau

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1896 William Heinemann edition of Wellsâs novelâ"a cauldron of scientific ambition, interspecies conflict, and neocolonial violenceâ"with a glossary of nautical, botanical, and geological terms. A preface with a note on the text, contextualizing headnotes, and explanatory footnotes by Kimberly W. Benston. Eight illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and artworks relating to the novelâs context. An especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: âEvolution: Theory, Society, Language, and Ethicsâ; âRace, Cannibalism, and Empireâ; âAnimality, Science, and the Vivisection Debateâ; and âWells on Evolution, Pain, Extinction, and Animal Mind.âFourteen critical interpretations, from reviews upon publication to current critical scholarship. A chronology of Wellsâs life and a selected bibliography.