Trauma and PTSD as we now understand them still seem to appear in literature dating at least as far back as whenever the Book of Job 7:14 was written. We didn’t have the term PTSD officially until its inclusion in the 1980 3rd edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Of course, he didn’t write it in those terms. Obviously I haven’t read every book ever but I think Wells was among the earliest to write about the effects of trauma on the human psyche. Wells tackled an absolute shitload of themes in this little story including medical ethics, the superiority of humanity, evolution, identity, and religion. Prendick learns that the strange creatures he sees are a result of Moreau’s twisted experiments to turn animals into thinking creatures, or into hybrids with other unrelated species. Moreau, an exiled London biologist who turns his considerable scientific skills toward vivisection. On the island are strange creatures and only two other people, a gentleman called Montgomery and Dr. The plot is straightforward – Edward Prendick is the survivor of a shipwreck who is rescued by a fairly ridiculous shit and then unceremoniously dumped off on a random island. The Island of Doctor Moreau is a fun, quick story that encapsulates much of Victorian thinking in one spot. Her Grace’s rating: 4 out of 5 stars /3 out of 5 stars Wells/ The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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