# The Island of Doctor Moreau — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells.

- [The Island of Doctor Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/the-island-of-doctor-moreau.md): The chapter introduces the possibility of the strange events that unfold on the island, setting the stage for the narrative.
- [In the Dingey of the Lady Vain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/i-in-the-dingey-of-the-lady-vain.md): Edward Prendick recounts the shipwreck of the Lady Vain and his subsequent eight-day ordeal adrift in a dingey with two other men, Helmar and an unnamed sailor. After running out of water, the sailor draws the lot to be 
- [II: The Man Who Was Going Nowhere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/ii-the-man-who-was-going-nowhere.md): Edward Prendick regains consciousness aboard the schooner Ipecacuanha, where he is cared for by a passenger named Montgomery. Montgomery explains that Prendick was rescued from a drifting boat, the Lady Vain, nearly dead
- [III: The Strange Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/iii-the-strange-face.md): Prendick and Montgomery encounter a misshapen, black-faced man on the ship's companionway, whose grotesque appearance shocks Prendick. The man is abused by the drunken captain and set upon by the staghounds, leading to a
- [At the Schooner's Rail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/iv-at-the-schooner-s-rail.md): After land is sighted, Montgomery reveals it is his destination. Prendick and Montgomery talk on deck under the stars, with Montgomery hinting at a mysterious past that led him to leave London. Prendick notices the stran

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- [The Man Who Had Nowhere to Go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/v-the-man-who-had-nowhere-to-go.md)
- [VI: The Evil-Looking Boatmen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/vi-the-evil-looking-boatmen.md)
- [VII: The Locked Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/vii-the-locked-door.md)
- [VIII: The Crying of the Puma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/viii-the-crying-of-the-puma.md)
- [IX: The Thing in the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/ix-the-thing-in-the-forest.md)
- [XI: The Hunting of the Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xi-the-hunting-of-the-man.md)
- [XII: The Sayers of the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xii-the-sayers-of-the-law.md)
- [XIII: A Parley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xiii-a-parley.md)
- [Doctor Moreau Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xiv-doctor-moreau-explains.md)
- [XV: Concerning the Beast Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xv-concerning-the-beast-folk.md)
- [XVI: How the Beast Folk Taste Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xvi-how-the-beast-folk-taste-blood.md)
- [XVII: A Catastrophe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xvii-a-catastrophe.md)
- [XVIII: The Finding of Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xviii-the-finding-of-moreau.md)
- [XIX: Montgomery’s Bank Holiday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xix-montgomery-s-bank-holiday.md)
- [Alone with the Beast Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xx-alone-with-the-beast-folk.md)
- [XXI: The Reversion of the Beast Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xxi-the-reversion-of-the-beast-folk.md)
- [XXII: The Man Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/xxii-the-man-alone.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_island_of_doctor_moreau_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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