In 'The Island of Dr Moreau' by H.G. Wells, what is the name of the shipwreck survivor?

In H. G. Wells’s *The Island of Doctor Moreau*, the shipwreck survivor is Edward Prendick.

Prendick is the novel’s narrator and central character. After surviving the wreck of the vessel *Lady Vain* in the southern Pacific, he is rescued by the ship *Ipecacuanha*. The vessel carries animals and is bound for the remote island where Montgomery works for the mysterious Doctor Moreau.

Prendick is eventually left on the island, where he discovers Moreau’s disturbing experiments: animals are transformed through vivisection into human-like “Beast Folk.” His account explores pain, cruelty, scientific responsibility, and the unstable boundary between human and animal identity.

A common mix-up is confusing Prendick with Montgomery, who rescues him and serves as Moreau’s assistant, or M’ling, Montgomery’s bestial manservant. Doctor Moreau is the experimenter, not the survivor or narrator.