<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Wonderful Visit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Wheels of Chance </Td> </Tr> <P> The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H.G. Wells . The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human - like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection . The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature . Wells described it as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". </P> <P> The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic of early science fiction and remains one of Wells's best - known books . The novel is the earliest depiction of the science fiction motif "uplift" in which a more advanced race intervenes in the evolution of an animal species in order to bring the latter to a higher level of intelligence . It has been adapted to film and other media on many occasions . </P>

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