The Invisible Man
By H. G. Wells
Cover: Near Hackness, a moonlit scene with pine trees (1875) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, an optical scientist who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.
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Table of contents
- 1: The Strange Man’s Arrival
- 2: Mr. Teddy Henfrey’s First Impressions
- 3: The Thousand and One Bottles
- 4: Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger
- 5: The Burglary at the Vicarage
- 6: The Furniture That Went Mad
- 7: The Unveiling of the Stranger
- 8: In Transit
- 9: Mr. Thomas Marvel
- 10: Mr. Marvel’s Visit to Iping
- 11: In the “Coach and Horses”
- 12: The Invisible Man Loses His Temper
- 13: Mr. Marvel Discusses His Resignation
- 14: At Port Stowe
- 15: The Man Who Was Running
- 16: In the “Jolly Cricketers”
- 17: Dr. Kemp’s Visitor
- 18: The Invisible Man Sleeps
- 19: Certain First Principles
- 20: At the House in Great Portland Street
- 21: In Oxford Street
- 22: In the Emporium
- 23: In Drury Lane
- 24: The Plan That Failed
- 25: The Hunting of the Invisible Man
- 26: The Wicksteed Murder
- 27: The Siege of Kemp’s House
- 28: The Hunter Hunted