Book Summary

The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells’ novel was originally serialised in serialised Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who theorises 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 be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result.

About the author

H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells) was an English writer and thinker, widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of science fiction. He was born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, England, and died on August 13, 1946, in London.