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The Evening Standard (London, England)
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March 21, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: DAVID SEXTON
BOOK MARK
The Island of Dr Moreau
by HG Wells (Penguin, [pounds sterling]6.95)
"A WRITER for whom I have the deepest admiration is H G Wells, especially his romances: The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Country of the Blind, The War of the Worlds, and the moon fantasia, The First Men in the Moon ..." So said Vladimir Nabokov. To cause maximum offence, he liked to add that "all these stories are far better than anything Bennett, or Conrad, or, in fact, any of Wells's contemporaries would produce".
Penguin Classics has just released 10 of Wells's best stories in new editions, with bright covers and enterprising prefaces, in ...
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