H. G. Wells
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
'The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice"At the end of the Nineteenth Century, a sailor is shipwrecked on an island inhabited by scientist Doctor Moreau.Exiled by London's scientific community for his cruel and unnatrual experiments on animals, Moreau continues his work on the island.Very soon it becomes clear that Moreau's experiments are not restricted to mere animals....A new Large Print...
Author
Language
English
Description
Ann Veronica is a feminist novel by H.G. Wells published in 1909. Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty," against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Edwardian London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and...