The Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) a science-fiction novel by H. G. Wells recounts the bizarre adventures of Edward Prendick on Doctor Moreaus island. Prendick shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean is rescued by Doctor Moreaus assistant Montgomery. He is taken to the doctors island where he learns that the doctor has been carrying on gruesome experiments on animals. Witnessing and experiencing many horrors on the island Prendick with much struggle eventually manages to escape to England. But once back in the civilization he finds himself no longer comfortable in the presence of humans who appear to him like they will regress to an animal state.