Dr. Moreau aspires to create human-like beings out of parts of animals. Things go horribly wrong on his Island, however, as the young man who narrates this tale finds out. When he escapes the Island no one believes him. Written in 1896, this is grand early science fiction and points toward Huxley's Brave New World and back to Stoker's Frankenstein---the quest to recreate. It's a quick read from a good story teller.