The Invisible Man

by H. G. Wells, Mybook (Editor)

Overview

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781977729040
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/28/2017
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

H. G. WELLS (1866-1946) was a prominent English socialist and pacifist, and a prolific writer in many genres. As the author of The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Time Machine, he is considered a pioneer of science fiction.
 

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England

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Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Introduction	1
1.	The Text	1
2.	Science Fiction	2
3.	Socialism	3
4.	"Dialectic of Human Destiny"	9
5.	Invisibility	12
6.	"The Cramped Village"	14
7.	Laboratory Ethics	17
8.	"Holy Terror"	22
	The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (1897)	29
	(Annotated text of the first New York edition)	32
	Appendices
I.	Review of The Invisible Man in The Spectator (1897)	205
II.	Review of The Invisible Man by Arnold Bennett (1897)	207
III.	Sergei Nechaev, "The Revolutionary Catechism" (1869), Section 1	209
IV.	T.H. Huxley, "Science and Culture" (1880), Excerpt	212
V.	Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, "The Sphinx" (1843)	218
	Bibliography	227
	Index	237

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Masterfully portrayed by Scott Brick—-each of his characterizations is an actorly tour de force—-The Invisible Man fascinates and mesmerizes, until it's gone." —-AudioFile

Reading Group Guide

A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense as well as a potent Faustian allegory of hubris and science run amok, The Invisible Man endures as one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. The inspiration for countless imitations and film adaptations, The Invisible Man is as remarkable and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago. As Arthur C. Clarke points out in his Introduction, “The interest of the story . . . lies not in its scientific concepts, but in the brilliantly worked out development of the theme of invisibility. If one could be invisible, then what?”

Editorial Reviews

I personally consider the greatest of English living writers [to be] H. G. Wells.” —Upton Sinclair

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