Yes, they do. The setting, of course, reflects the uncivilized, scary practices of General Zaroff on the island itself. This is a wild and dangerous place; the setting alone would strike fear into the hearts of most regular people. However, Rainsford manages to show his stuff early on in the story by...
<span>Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period noted for his work The Histories, which covered the period of 264–146 BC in detail.</span>
