Jan 6, 2010
The Island of Dr. Moreau opens with a brief introduction by Charles Edward Prendick, who explains that the narrative that follows was written by his uncle, Edward Prendick, and was found in his papers at his death. The papers reveal that the late uncle had been shipwrecked and stranded for nearly a year on a tiny island off the Sumatran coast. On January 5, 1888, Edward Prendick was rescued from a small open boat, presumably from a missing schooner, the Ipecacuanha. Prendick’s incredible account of his eleven-month adventure was attributed to dementia...
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