The Invisible Man
Book Description
First published in 1897, "The Invisible Man" is one of H. G. Well's earliest novels. A science fiction novella, "The Invisible Man" tells the story of 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 be invisible. Griffin successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot...
MoreFirst published in 1897, "The Invisible Man" is one of H. G. Well's earliest novels. A science fiction novella, "The Invisible Man" tells the story of 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 be invisible. Griffin successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result. Underneath the surface story, H. G. Wells was very much a social writer and that his novels are inevitably commentaries on various social evils. Readers who delve deeper into "The Invisible Man" will find that it is very much a parable of class structure that dominated British life during the Victorian age: there are many "invisible men;" this particular one, however, is in a very literal situation. And it is the literal situation from which the novel draws most of its power. Invisibility sounds attractive--but what if you were to actually become so? How would you cope with the ordinary details of everyday life? Griffin does not cope well at all, and although Wells suggests that his madness has arisen from a number of sources, he also implies that it may arise from the fact of invisibility itself, again twisting the context back into the social criticism on which the novel seems based. Short enough to be read in a single sitting, "The Invisible Man" is a quick and entertaining read-and quite witty in an underhanded, subversive sort of way. Extremely memorable!
Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
Binding | Paperback (163 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | 118 |
ISBN-10 | 1453702199 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1453702192 |
Publication Date | 07/12/2010 |
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