The Invisible Man (Penguin English Library)[隐身人]

作者 H. G. Wells著
出版社 Penguin Books
出版时间 2012年11月第1版
ISBN 9780141389516
定价 75.60

内容简介

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheInvisibleManbyH.G.Wells.'Peoplescreamed.Peoplesprangoffthepavement..."TheInvisibleManiscoming!TheInvisibleMan!"'Withhisfaceswaddledinbandages,hiseyeshiddenbehinddarkglassesandhishandscoveredevenindoors,Griffin-thenewguestatTheCoachandHorses-isatfirstassumedtobeashyaccident-victim.Butthetruereasonforhisdisguiseisfarmorechilling:hehasdevelopedaprocessthathasmadehiminvisible,andislockedinastruggletodiscovertheantidote.Forcedfromthevillage,anddriventomurder,heseekstheaidofanoldfriend,Kemp.Thehorrorofhisfatehasaffectedhismind,however-andwhenKemprefusetohelp,heresolvestowreakhisrevenge.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

Inthespaceoflessthanfouryears,H.G.Wells(1866-1946)publishedfourofthemostinfluential,originalandhair-raisingofallworksofscience-fiction.Inalifeoftirelessexperiment,travellingandintellectualengagement,Wellswasbothaleadingpublicfigureandoneofthegreatimaginersofthemodernworld.Wells'sotherscience-fictionclassicsTheTimeMachine,TheIslandofDoctorMoreauandTheInvisibleManarealsopublishedinthePenguinEnglishLibrary.