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H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in
The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction.
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A mysterious stranger arrives at a rural Sussex inn on a cold winter's night with his face obscured by bandages and his body cloaked in a long, heavy coat. He locks himself in his room and spends his stay labouring over chemicals in intricate glass bottles. The villagers, bewildered by what lurks under the bandages, could never be prepared for the terrible truth: that the man is a scientist who has rendered himself invisible and is desperately struggling to find an antidote. He flees to the rugged, cliff-lined coast, where, under the pressure of isolation and pursued by police and an angry mob, he is intent on murderous revenge.
About the author
Herbert George Wells, the son of a shopkeeper and a lady's maid, was born in Kent in 1866. A bookish child, his education was interrupted when he served a brief and gruelling apprenticeship to a draper. But Wells then went on to study biology under the great T. H. Huxley, before finding instant literary success in 1895 with the publication of his first 'scientific romance',
The Time Machine. This was followed in quick succession by
The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisible Man and
The War of the Worlds. A visionary and lifelong socialist, Wells also wrote extensively on social issues, history and science. He died in 1946.
Summary
H. G. Wells’ classic science-fiction novel about a man who’s turned himself invisible.
Foreword
H. G. Wells’ classic science-fiction novel about a man who’s turned himself invisible.
Additional text
An old tale of scientific hubris that walks the line between comedy and horror
