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'''''A illa do Doutor Moreau''''' (en {{lang-en|The Island of Doctor Moreau}}) é unha novela de [[ciencia ficción]] de [[1896]] escrita por [[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–animal hybrid|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-island-of-doctor-moreau-h-g-wells/1120353655?ean=9781499744446|title=The Island of Doctor Moreau: Original and Unabridged|author=Barnes & Noble|work=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> Wells described it as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy".<ref>Wells's description of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' as ''youthful blasphemy'' comes from his introduction to ''The Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells'' (1933; published in the United States as ''Seven Famous Novels by H. G. Wells'', 1934). This ''Preface to the Scientific Romances'' is reprinted as a chapter of editors Patrick Parrinder and Robert M. Philmus's ''H. G. Wells's Literary Criticism'' (Sussex: The Harvester Press Limited, and New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Books, 1980), see p. 243 for the line quoted.</ref>
'''''A illa do Doutor Moreau''''' (en {{lang-en|The Island of Doctor Moreau}}) é unha novela

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is a classic of early science fiction<ref>See Mason Harris's introduction and notes for the 2009 Broadview Books edition of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau''</ref> and remains one of Wells's best-known books. The novel is the earliest depiction of the science fiction motif "[[Uplift (science fiction)|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Booker|first1=Keith M.|title=Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature|date=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=311}}</ref> It has been adapted to film and other media on many occasions.

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A illa do Doutor Moreau (en inglés: The Island of Doctor Moreau) é unha novela de ciencia ficción de 1896 escrita por 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.[1] Wells described it as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy".[2]

The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic of early science fiction[3] 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.[4] It has been adapted to film and other media on many occasions.

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  1. Barnes & Noble. "The Island of Doctor Moreau: Original and Unabridged". Barnes & Noble. 
  2. Wells's description of The Island of Dr. Moreau as youthful blasphemy comes from his introduction to The Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells (1933; published in the United States as Seven Famous Novels by H. G. Wells, 1934). This Preface to the Scientific Romances is reprinted as a chapter of editors Patrick Parrinder and Robert M. Philmus's H. G. Wells's Literary Criticism (Sussex: The Harvester Press Limited, and New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Books, 1980), see p. 243 for the line quoted.
  3. See Mason Harris's introduction and notes for the 2009 Broadview Books edition of The Island of Dr. Moreau
  4. Booker, Keith M. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 311.