Island of Doctor Moreau

The critical introduction to this Broadview Edition gives particular emphasis to Wells’s hostility towards religion as well as his thorough knowledge of the Darwinian thought of his time. Appendices provide passages from Darwin and Huxley related to Wells’s early writing; in addition, excerpts from other writers illustrate late-nineteenth-century anxieties about social degeneration.

Introducerea critica la aceasta editie Broadview acorda un accent deosebit ostilitatii lui Wells fata de religie, precum si cunoasterii sale temeinice despre gandirea darwiniana a timpului sau. Anexele ofera pasaje din Darwin si Huxley legate de scrisul timpuriu al lui Wells; in plus, fragmente din alti scriitori ilustreaza anxietatile de la sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea cu privire la degenerarea sociala.