The Island of Dr. Moreau: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Island of Dr. Moreau, credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H.G. Wells. The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics. When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew; it then 'transcribes' the tale. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Island of Dr. Moreau
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 4:39:58

Catalogue topics

• sci-fi
• wells

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 2:57
2. 01 - In the Dingey of the Lady Vain — 5:53
3. 02 - The Man who was Going Nowhere — 7:06
4. 03 - The Strange Face — 10:08
5. 04 - At the Schooner's Rail — 6:49
6. 05 - The Man Who Had Nowhere To Go — 7:51
7. 06 - The Evil-Looking Boatmen — 9:46
8. 07 - The Locked Door — 9:13
9. 08 - The Crying of the Puma — 6:50
10. 09 - The Thing in the Forest — 22:14
11. 10 - The Crying of the Man — 8:02
12. 11 - The Hunting of the Man — 12:12
13. 12 - The Sayers of the Law — 17:46
14. 13 - The Parley — 11:01
15. 14 - Doctor Moreau Explains — 28:47
16. 15 - Concerning the Beast Folk — 10:59
17. 16 - How the Beast Folk Taste Blood — 26:50
18. 17 - A Catastrophe — 13:25
19. 18 - The Finding of Moreau — 7:54
20. 19 - Montgomery's Bank Holiday — 14:14
21. 20 - Alone with the Beast Folk — 9:25
22. 21 - The Reversion of the Beast Folk — 21:38
23. 22 - The Man Alone — 9:15

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