The Invisible Man

Griffin solves the problem of invisibility and then discovers he cannot reverse it, which is where H. G. Wells begins his study of a mind coming apart. The Invisible Man opens with a bandaged stranger arriving at a village inn and moves steadily from comedy of manners into menace as the scientist's isolation hardens into cruelty. Wells uses the premise to test questions about accountability, social restraint and what a person does when nobody is watching, and the short chapters keep the pace close to that of a thriller. This Select Classic edition from Penguin Publications presents the full text. Edition and content: • Complete text of Wells's classic scientific romance • Moves from village comedy into psychological menace • Questions of conscience, power and social restraint • Part of the Penguin Select Classic series A sound choice for students and readers of classic science fiction, available at Boipoka.