- Published: 15 November 2018
- ISBN: 9780525564157
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $19.99
The Invisible Man
From the founding father of science fiction, his tragicomic novel about a scientist run amok. Vintage Classics.
The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible. His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society—and eventually from his own sanity. Arriving in a town where no one knows him, disguised in bandages and dark glasses, the invisible man is driven to violent and criminal extremes before his secret is revealed. This prescient parable of the dark side of scientific progress demonstrates H. G. Wells’s signature gift for dramatizing humanity’s grandest possibilities and darkest fears.
- Published: 15 November 2018
- ISBN: 9780525564157
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 160
- RRP: $19.99
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About the author
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.