The invisible man : a grotesque romance

Title
The invisible man : a grotesque romance

Personal Author EPSB
H. G. Wells

Summary
A young scientist's adventures with refractions of light bring terror to the residents of Burdock.

Year Published
2002

Series
The Modern Library Classics

Physical Description
xiv, 159 pages ; 21 cm.

Contents
Invisible Man: Strange man's arrival -- Mr. Teddy Henfrey's first impressions -- Thousand and one bottles -- Mr. Cuss interviews the stranger -- Burglary at the vicarage -- Furniture that went mad -- Unveiling of the stranger -- In transit -- Mr. Thomas Marvel -- Mr. Marvel's visit to Iping -- In the coach and horses -- Invisible man loses his temper -- Mr. Marvel discusses his resignation -- At Port Stowe -- Man who was running -- In the jolly cricketers -- Doctor Kemp's visitor -- Invisible man sleeps -- Certain first principles -- At the house in great Portland Street -- In Oxford Street -- In the emporium -- In Drury Lane -- Plan that failed -- Hunting of the invisible man -- Wicksteed murder -- Siege of Kemp's house -- Hunter hunted -- Epilogue -- Reading group guide.

Subject
Scientists -- Fiction.
 
Mentally ill -- Fiction.
 
Murder -- Fiction.
 
Privacy -- Fiction.
 
Social acceptance -- Fiction.
 
Social classes -- Fiction.

Genre
Science fiction.
 
Psychological fiction.

Summary
A young scientist's adventures with refractions of light bring terror to the residents of Burdock.

ISBN
9780812966459

Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 2002.


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