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H. G. Wells

The Invisible Man

Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Language
English
First published
1897
Reading time
210 minutes
Chapters
29 chapters

About this book

On a snowy February day a stranger wrapped in bandages arrives at a village inn in Sussex and asks to be left alone.

The villagers are curious, then frightened, for the stranger is a scientist who has made himself invisible and cannot undo it. H. G. Wells's 1897 novel begins as a comedy of nosy neighbours and turns into a thriller about what the power to go unseen does to a person. Read it for its fast pace and dark wit.

The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was…

Chapter I. The Strange Man’s Arrival

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Chapters

29 chapters
  1. Chapter I. The Strange Man’s Arrival9 min
  2. Chapter II. Mr. Teddy Henfrey’s First Impressions8 min
  3. Chapter III. The Thousand and One Bottles8 min
  4. Chapter IV. Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger10 min
  5. Chapter V. The Burglary at the Vicarage4 min
  6. Chapter VI. The Furniture That Went Mad6 min
  7. Chapter VII. The Unveiling of the Stranger13 min
  8. Chapter VIII. In Transit1 min
  9. Chapter IX. Mr. Thomas Marvel8 min
  10. Chapter X. Mr. Marvel’s Visit to Iping5 min
  11. Chapter XI. In the “Coach and Horses”5 min
  12. Chapter XII. The Invisible Man Loses His Temper8 min
  13. Chapter XIII. Mr. Marvel Discusses His Resignation4 min
  14. Chapter XIV. At Port Stowe8 min
  15. Chapter XV. The Man Who Was Running3 min
  16. Chapter XVI. In the “Jolly Cricketers”6 min
  17. Chapter XVII. Dr. Kemp’s Visitor11 min
  18. Chapter XVIII. The Invisible Man Sleeps6 min
  19. Chapter XIX. Certain First Principles8 min
  20. Chapter XX. At the House in Great Portland Street16 min
  21. Chapter XXI. In Oxford Street8 min
  22. Chapter XXII. In the Emporium10 min
  23. Chapter XXIII. In Drury Lane15 min
  24. Chapter XXIV. The Plan That Failed6 min
  25. Chapter XXV. The Hunting of the Invisible Man3 min
  26. Chapter XXVI. The Wicksteed Murder7 min
  27. Chapter XXVII. The Siege of Kemp’s House13 min
  28. Chapter XXVIII. The Hunter Hunted10 min
  29. The Epilogue3 min

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