The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells , 1897

  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.

Useful Links:

• The Invisible Man, available for free via Project Gutenberg
• Text of the novel
• The Invisible Man in TomeRaider 3 Format
• 3 may 2006 guardian article about Milton and Nicorovici's invention

Comments (0)

Name

Email

Comment

smaller | bigger

Add Comment