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.

It began with a quiet country inn- and a mysterious stranger, his features masked bygloves, dark glasses, and bandages that com-pletely covered his head. Then came weird noises, the disembodied ravings, the phantom robberies, the haunted furniture...

The violence...The rampages... The killing.

An obscure scientist named Griffin had found a way to turn skin, flesh, blood and bones invisible- and tried the formula on himself. He could go anywhere; spy; steal; menace anyone.The Invisible Man had only two problems.

He couldn't turn visible again.

And he had gone quite murderously insane.

The Life of H.G. Wells

Foreword

Ⅰ The Strange Man's Arrival

Ⅱ Mr. Teddy Hengrey's First

 Impressions

Ⅲ The Thousand and One Bottles

Ⅳ Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger

Ⅴ The Burglary at the Vicarage

Ⅵ The Furniture That Went Mad

Ⅶ The Unveiling of the Stranger

Ⅷ In Transit

Ⅸ Mr. Thomas Marvel

Ⅹ Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping

Ⅺ In the Coach and Horses

Ⅻ The Invisible Man Loses His

 Temper

ⅫⅠ Mr. Marvel Discusses His

 Resignation

ⅩⅣ XIV At Port Stowe

ⅩⅤ The Man Who Was Running

ⅩⅥ In the Jolly Cricketers

ⅩⅦ Doctor Kemp's Visitor

ⅩⅧ The Invisible Man Sleeps

ⅩⅨ Certain First Principles

ⅩⅩ At the House In Great Portland

 Street

ⅩⅪ In Oxford Street

ⅩⅫ In the Emporium

ⅩⅩⅢ In Drury Lane

ⅩⅩⅣ The Plan That Failed

ⅩⅩⅤ The Hunting of the Invisible Man

ⅩⅩⅥ The Wicksteed Murder

ⅩⅩⅦ The Siege of Kemp's House

ⅩⅩⅧ The Hunter Hunted

The Epilogue

Afterword