The Invisible Man A Grotesque Romance

AgrippingandentertainingtaleofterrorandsuspenseaswellasapotentFaustianallegoryofhubrisandsciencerunamok,TheInvisibleManenduresasoneofthesignaturestoriesintheliteratureofsciencefiction.Abrilliantscientistuncoversthesecrettoinvisibility,buthisgrandiosedreamsandthepowerheunleashescausehimtospiralintointrigue,madness,andmurder.Theinspirationforcountlessimitationsandfilmadaptations,TheInvisibleManisasremarkableandrelevanttodayasitwasahundredyearsago.AsArthurC.ClarkepointsoutinhisIntroduction,“Theinterestofthestory...liesnotinitsscientificconcepts,butinthebrilliantlyworkedoutdevelopmentofthethemeofinvisibility.Ifonecouldbeinvisible,thenwhat?”