Character guide

Edward Prendick

major

Also known as Prendick, Mr. Prendick, Charles Edward Prendick, old Prendick

A shipwrecked gentleman who survives the Lady Vain only to wash up on an island where the line between man and beast dissolves before his eyes.

Montgomery

major

Also known as Presently Montgomery, the Puma Montgomery, XIX Montgomery

Moreau's whip-cracking, whisky-soaked assistant, a fallen medical man whose ease among the Beast Folk unsettles Prendick more than the creatures themselves.

Doctor Moreau

major

Also known as Moreau, old Moreau, XIV Doctor Moreau, Poor old Moreau

A disgraced physiologist who fled England's outrage to perfect his art of carving animals into men on a lonely Pacific island, and who suffers no trespassers.

M'ling

supporting

Montgomery's silent, dog-derived attendant, who chops wood, carries wire, and watches the island's horrors with a loyalty that is almost human.

The Captain

minor

Brutish skipper of the schooner Ipecacuanha who abandons Prendick.

Helmar

minor

Companion of Prendick in the dinghy after the Lady Vain wreck.

Constans

minor

Another survivor in the dinghy with Prendick and Helmar.

The Kanakas

minor

Native sailors on the schooner who assist Montgomery.

The Beast Folk

supporting

Also known as Beast, XV Concerning the Beast Folk

Moreau's hand-carved congregation of puma, hyena, ape, and swine, who chant the Law in the sulfur dust and dread the House of Pain.

Mister Shut

minor

Also known as Mister Blasted Shut

A Beast Folk who becomes hostile after tasting blood.

Lady Vain

minor

Also known as the Lady Vain

The shipwrecked vessel from which Prendick escapes.