The Invisible Man (AD Classic)

H. G. Wells

• Publisher: AD Classic
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781927970799
• eBook ISBN: 9781927970812
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

When a mysterious stranger arrives at a local inn with his face hidden behind bandages, he soon becomes the talk of the village. Locking himself in his room, he spends most of his time mixing chemicals, desperately trying to reverse the affects of invisibility. But when his money runs out, the invisible man soon discovers that he is ill-equipped on his own, and that he must place his trust in others if he is to survive. H. G. Wells is credited with the popularisation of time travel in 1895 with The Time Machine, introducing the idea of time being the "fourth dimension" a decade before the publication of Einstein's first Relativity papers. In 1896, he imagined a mad scientist creating human-like beings from animals in The Island of Doctor Moreau, which created a growing interest in animal welfare throughout Europe. In 1897 with The Invisible Man, Wells shows how a formula could render one invisible, recognizing that an invisible eye would not be able to focus, thus rendering the invisible man blind. With The War of the Worlds in 1898, Wells established the idea that an advanced civilization could live on Mars, popularising the term 'martian' and the idea that aliens could invade Earth.

Table of contents

• Contents
• CHAPTER ONE The Strange Man’s Arrival
• CHAPTER TWO Mr. Teddy Henfrey’s First Impressions
• CHAPTER THREE The Thousand and One Bottles
• CHAPTER FOUR Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger
• CHAPTER FIVE The Burglary at the Vicarage
• CHAPTER SIX The Furniture that went Mad
• CHAPTER SEVEN The Unveiling of the Stranger
• CHAPTER EIGHT In Transit
• CHAPTER NINE Mr. Thomas Marvel
• CHAPTER TEN Mr. Marvel’s Visit to Iping
• CHAPTER ELEVEN In the “Coach and Horses”
• CHAPTER TWELVE The Invisible Man Loses His Temper
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN Mr. Marvel Discusses His Resignation
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN At Port Stowe
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Man Who was Running
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN In the “Jolly Cricketers”
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Dr. Kemp’s Visitor
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Invisible Man Sleeps
• CHAPTER NINETEEN Certain First Principles
• CHAPTER TWENTY At the House in Great Portland Street
• CHAPTER TWENTY ONE In Oxford Street
• CHAPTER TWENTY TWO In the Emporium
• CHAPTER TWENTY THREE In Drury Lane
• CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR The Plan that Failed
• CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE The Hunting of the Invisible Man
• CHAPTER TWENTY SIX The Wicksteed Murder
• CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN The Siege of Kemp’s House
• CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT The Hunter Hunted
• THE EPILOGUE
• THE WAR OF THE WORLDS CHAPTER ONE The Eve of the War
• CHAPTER TWO The Falling Star