The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Works
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Carolyn Arcabascio |
| Pages | xxix+153 |
| Price | £1.99 |
| ISBN | 9781840227406 |
4 stories
The short stories (ISFDB canonical titles): "Æpyornis Island", "The Sea-Raiders", "The Empire of the Ants"
"This volume unites four of Wells' liveliest and most engaging tales of the strange evolution and behaviour of animals – including human beings. The Island of Doctor Moreau is followed by three fantastic but chillingly plausible short stories of human–animal encounters."
--from full back cover description (viewed as Amazon "Look inside")
Data from Amazon UK as of 2016-12-11.
More data from Amazon UK 2020-04-30 (as price "RRP: £2.50") with "Look inside" that shows most front pages (no title page) to the end of the second chapter of the novel, p12, and all of the Notes, numbered 1 to 100 in four sections.
Back cover credits:
-- "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder, Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University"
- cover illustration Carolyn Arcabascio, cover design Robert Mathias
Contents not listed below:
• vii, General Introduction (Keith Carabine) --on Wordsworth Classics; "... we strongly advise you to enjoy this book before turning to the Introduction."
• xxvii-xxix, Select Bibliography
The list of book Contents (p[v]?) does not match the page images available. For one, the novel is listed in the book Contents as "The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility" and "page 9", but its first chapter ends on numbered page 9. Page [1] is its inferred title page, whose display title is unknown (as is the title page of the book).
The short story titles variants match Alder's introduction as well as the Contents list. And the headings of the endnotes, which are four such as (quote, all caps):
Notes to 'Aepyornis Island'
All title should be checked.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wells | Novel |
| 115 | Aepyornis Island | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 127 | The Sea Raiders | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 139 | The Empire of the Ants | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 149 | Notes (The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Works) | Emily Alder | Essay |
| vii | Biography of the Author (H. G. Wells) | Simon J. James | Essay |
| x | Introduction (The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Works) | Emily Alder | Essay |