The Invisible Man (eBook)

H. G. Wells (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2026
142 Seiten
The Ebook Emporium (Verlag)
979-10-7005-420-8 (ISBN)

Infos

"I am all men—and I am no man. I am the Invisible Man."

In the dead of winter, a mysterious stranger arrives at a quiet inn in the village of Iping, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes hidden behind dark goggles. This is Griffin, a brilliant scientist who has discovered the secret to making human tissue transparent. But his breakthrough is his undoing. Trapped in a state of invisibility and hunted by a world that fears what it cannot see, Griffin's initial dream of power curdles into a violent obsession. As he attempts to establish a "Reign of Terror," the story becomes a pulse-pounding race against a man who can strike from nowhere.

The Anatomy of an Anti-Hero: Griffin is not your typical Victorian protagonist. He is irritable, brilliant, and increasingly sociopathic. Wells uses invisibility as a metaphor for the ultimate freedom from social accountability. Without a face to recognize or a body to imprison, Griffin believes he is above morality, leading to a chilling study of how absolute power (or the illusion of it) corrupts the soul.

A Village Under Siege: The novel masterfully shifts from the "weird tale" atmosphere of the Iping countryside to a high-stakes manhunt across England. Through the characters of the bumbling tramp Thomas Marvel and the rational Dr. Kemp, Wells explores the societal reaction to the "invisible threat." The tension builds to a climactic confrontation that remains one of the most memorable endings in the history of science fiction.

Witness the terror of the unseen. Purchase "The Invisible Man" today and confront the darkness of the human heart.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2026
• Verlagsort: Champigny Sur Marne
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Schlagworte: 19th century literature • academic literature • best selling classics • British Literature • classic novels • classic science fiction • collector's edition classics • early science fiction novels • foundational sci-fi • h g Wells • H.G. Wells • h.g. wells books • horror classics • Influential authors • invisibility • invisible man book • library of classics • literary classics • Psychological thriller • school reading list • science fiction masterpieces • scientific romance • sci-fi classics • Speculative Fiction • speculative fiction authors • the invisible man • the invisible man book • Victorian Literature • vintage sci-fi • World literature
• ISBN-13: 979-10-7005-420-8 / 9791070054208