The Invisible Man is a famous 1897 science fiction novel(la) by H.G.Wells.Some say it is a large short story,as implied in an introduction to the Bantam Classics edition.It is also commonly mistaken with the title to Ralph Ellison's novel,Invisible Man (1952).
Wells' novel was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine in 1897 and published as a novel the same year.The Invisible Man of the title is "Griffin",a scientist who theorizes that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light,then he will not be visible.He successfully carries out this procedure on himself,but becomes mentally unstable as a result.
It began with a quiet country inn- and a mysterious stranger, his features masked bygloves, dark glasses, and bandages that com-pletely covered his head. Then came weird noises, the disembodied ravings, the phantom robberies, the haunted furniture...
The violence...The rampages... The killing.
An obscure scientist named Griffin had found a way to turn skin, flesh, blood and bones invisible- and tried the formula on himself. He could go anywhere; spy; steal; menace anyone.The Invisible Man had only two problems.
He couldn't turn visible again.
And he had gone quite murderously insane.
The Life of H.G. Wells
Foreword
Ⅰ The Strange Man's Arrival
Ⅱ Mr. Teddy Hengrey's First
Impressions
Ⅲ The Thousand and One Bottles
Ⅳ Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger
Ⅴ The Burglary at the Vicarage
Ⅵ The Furniture That Went Mad
Ⅶ The Unveiling of the Stranger
Ⅷ In Transit
Ⅸ Mr. Thomas Marvel
Ⅹ Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping
Ⅺ In the Coach and Horses
Ⅻ The Invisible Man Loses His
Temper
ⅫⅠ Mr. Marvel Discusses His
Resignation
ⅩⅣ XIV At Port Stowe
ⅩⅤ The Man Who Was Running
ⅩⅥ In the Jolly Cricketers
ⅩⅦ Doctor Kemp's Visitor
ⅩⅧ The Invisible Man Sleeps
ⅩⅨ Certain First Principles
ⅩⅩ At the House In Great Portland
Street
ⅩⅪ In Oxford Street
ⅩⅫ In the Emporium
ⅩⅩⅢ In Drury Lane
ⅩⅩⅣ The Plan That Failed
ⅩⅩⅤ The Hunting of the Invisible Man
ⅩⅩⅥ The Wicksteed Murder
ⅩⅩⅦ The Siege of Kemp's House
ⅩⅩⅧ The Hunter Hunted
The Epilogue
Afterword
