![]() ![]() ![]() In a new version of the story, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, author Silvia Moreno-Garcia takes that premise and turns it on its head: no, when the white man sets foot in the tropic, the dangerous thing about that interaction is not the tropic no, the locals are not aggressive by nature, but they won't take kindly to attempts at enslavement and no, home sweet home is not only to be found in the drawing rooms of Europe. Wells, bears several hallmarks typical of Victorian adventure fiction: a properly educated Englishman ventures into the scary jungle and is quickly forced to dodge the infighting of the locals before he makes an eager return to modern civilization. The original book that inspired it, The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. Is this novel a retelling, a remake, a reimagining, a reboot, a requel? I'd call it a reclaiming. ![]()
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