Project Gutenberg #159
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
1896Wells's bioethical island nightmare, prepared introduction and chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg plaintext.
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Chapter 21 — XXI. The Reversion Of The Beast Folk. Central question Why do the Beast Folk revert once Moreau’s authority is gone? Main argument The reversion makes explicit that the island’s humanity was imposed,...
down the beach and clambered on board
her. Two of the brutes were Wolf-beasts, and came forward with
quivering nostrils and glittering eyes; the third was the horrible
nondescript of bear and bull. When I saw them approaching those
wretched remains, heard them snarling at one another and caught the
gleam of their teeth, a frantic horror succeeded my repulsion. I turned
my back upon them, struck the lug and began paddling out to sea. I
could not bring myself to look behind me.
I lay, however, between the reef and the island that night, and the
next morning went round to the stream and filled the empty keg aboard
with water. Then, with such patience as I could command, I collected a
quantity of fruit, and waylaid and killed two rabbits with my last
three cartridges. While I was doing this I left the boat moored to an
inward projection of the reef, for fear of the Beast People.