The Invisible Man helped establish H. G. Wells’s reputation as the father of science fiction.
Griffin, a scientist devoted to research into optics, devises a way to make himself invisible but is unable to reverse his condition. Griffin arrives in the small English village of Iping, West Sussex, where he further attempts to undo the experiment. Completely covered in clothing and wrappings, the stranger is mysterious, sullen, and reclusive. Local townspeople soon regard him with suspicion. As Griffin descends into madness and finds himself short of money, a burglary take place. When pressed for payment by his landlady, in a rage Griffin reveals himself to her and the chase begins as local police and others who are drawn into a vortex of violence and horror pursue the vengeful maniac.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline.
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Contents
Chapter I. The Strange Man’s Arrival
Chapter II. Mr. Teddy Henfrey’s First Impressions
Chapter III. The Thousand and One Bottles
Chapter IV. Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger
Chapter V. The Burglary at the Vicarage
Chapter VI. The Furniture That Went Mad
Chapter VII. The Unveiling of the Stranger
Chapter VIII. In Transit
Chapter IX. Mr. Thomas Marvel
Chapter X. Mr. Marvel’s Visit to Iping
Chapter XI. In the ‘Coach and Horse’
Chapter XII. The Invisible Man Loses His Temper
Chapter XIII. Mr. Marvel Discusses His Resignation
Chapter XIV. At Port Stowe
Chapter XV. The Man Who Was Running
Chapter XVI. In the ‘Jolly Cricketers’
Chapter XVII. Dr. Kemp’s Visitor
Chapter XVIII. The Invisible Man Sleeps
Chapter XIX. Certain First Principles
Chapter XX. At the House in Great Portland Street
Chapter XXI. In Oxford Street
Chapter XXII. In the Emporium
Chapter XXIII. In Drury Lane
Chapter XXIV. The Plan That Failed
Chapter XXV. The Hunting of the Invisible Man
Chapter XXVI. The Wicksteed Murder
Chapter XXVII. The Siege of Kemp’s House
Chapter XXVIII. The Hunter Hunted
The Epilogue
Biographical Timeline
关于作者
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer of novels, short stories, history, social criticism, and biography. He is thought by many to be the most distinct myth maker of his time. He envisioned such things as time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, biological engineering, and cosmic threats long before they existed or were conceived of by others. In addition to enjoying popular success, Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
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