Herbert George Wells

The Island of Dr Moreau (1896) is H.G. Wells’ second scientific romance.
 The story centers on the depraved Dr Moreau, who conducts horrible experiments – men transformed into animals or animals changed into men? – on a remote tropical island. Prendick, an Englishman whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast-people’s strange civilization and their final terrifying regression.
 The novel deals with and anticipates ethical issues such as vivisection, genetic manipulation and the role of science, which are some of the inserts developed in the book.
 
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 Scritto nel 1896, è il secondo romanzo fantascientifico di H.G. Wells.
 In seguito ad un naufragio, Edward Prendick si trova su un’isola del Pacifico dove assiste a orribili esperimenti condotti dal Dr Moreau e dal suo assistente – uomini che vengono trasformati in animali o animali mutati in uomini? Terribili eventi e colpi di scena si susseguono in questo romanzo che tratta tematiche etiche come la vivisezione, la manipolazione genetica e il ruolo della scienza, sviluppate negli approfondimenti presenti sul reader.

Chapter 1 – The Voyage

Extension: Shipwrecks in Literature

Chapter 2 – The Island

Extension: Islands in Literature

Chapter 3 –The Hunt

Extension: Science, society and evolution during the Victorian Age

Chapter 4 – The Beast-people

Extension: Hybrids and chimeras

Chapter 5 – The End

Extension: Cloned monkeys: will human clones soon follow?

Summing-up activities

Glossary

A royal The Island teenager s troubled years Chapter BEFORE READING 1 Predicting. How will Prendick end up? Choose from the following. a. b. c. d. 2 His boat will go adrift and he will die. His boat will drift ashore and he will survive. Montgomery s boat will come back to rescue him. Another ship will pick him up and save him. What kind of doctor do you think Dr Moreau is?   A doctor of .... a. Philosophy c. Medicine 3 2 b. Law d. Biotechnology Who said this in Chapter 1? Choose from Helmar, Prendick, Montgomery, the captain of the Ipecacuanha and M ling. a.  Here are three small pieces of wood.  = .............................................................. b.  I m a doctor. I m a passenger myself.  = .............................................................. c.  I studied Natural History.  = .............................................................. d.  I got a degree in Biology ten years ago.  = .............................................................. e.  Go away! You can t stay here!  = .............................................................. f.  But they don t want me there.  = .............................................................. g.  I do what I like on my own ship!  = .............................................................. h.  Thank you, you saved my life!  = .............................................................. Man in a rowboat, by T. Lohre, 1985. 18 

The Island Dr Moreau Theof Island Chapter 2 At this point I was resigned1 to dying at sea. But, luckily, after a short while, I saw the boat coming back to me. They threw me a rope2 and took me to the island. As we travelled slowly and silently, I looked at the people of the boat more carefully and noticed that together with Montgomery, the old white-haired man and the strange, black-faced man, there were three very odd3 and tall men. They had long, straight, black hair and were wrapped up4 in dirty, white cotton bandages5. Under the bandages I could see dark, strangely-shaped faces; their eyes and teeth were so unusual that I felt a little worried. I had to look away. We landed on a flat, wide beach, behind which I saw a small, very green hill; a simple stone house stood on it. The crew6 started to unload the boxes from the boat. They were looking at me in a strange manner and spoke in an unintelligible language with lots of guttural sounds. Finally, the white-haired man spoke to me.  Montgomery says you re a man of science, that s why we brought you here. We re biologists and this can be considered a biological station. I can t say when you ll be able to get away. We see a ship once a year or so.  When we reached the house, the white-haired man asked Montgomery,  What are we going to do with this unexpected guest? Where shall we put him up7? He can t walk around the island   1. be resigned: accept that something undesirable cannot be avoided. 2. rope: 5. bandage: a long, narrow piece of cloth that is tied around an injury or a part of someone s body that has been hurt. 6. crew: all the people working on a ship. 7. put up: to provide someone with a place to stay temporarily. 3. odd: strange, unusual. 4. wrapped up: covered from head to foot. 19 

Narrativa inglese, livello B1 pre-intermedio. Scritto nel 1896, è il secondo romanzo fantascientifico di H.G. Wells.

The Island of Dr Moreau - Collana RAINBOWS

Level B1 • Pre-Intermediate - Collana RAINBOWS

The Island of Dr Moreau

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