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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780141439983
ISBN: 014143998X
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: September 27, 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics
Features:- ISBN13: 9780141439983
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses, and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin—the new guest at the Coach and Horses—is at first assumed to be a shy accident victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made him invisible and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Forced from the village and driven to murder, he seeks the aid of an old friend, Kemp. The horror of his fate has affected his mind, however, and when Kemp refuses to help, he resolves to wreak his revenge.
-First time in Penguin Classics
-Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, suggestions for further reading, and detailed notes
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I grew up on all the invisible man movies and still think of him as Claude Rains. I was surprised in the similarities and differences the book has to the movie. The scenes are rearranged from the book to make visual (or invisible) sense as a movie script.
A man all warped up in bandages except for his large pink nose requires a room at the inn and pays well. Slowly the Innkeeper and her companions suspect there is more to his than just a man with bandages. Everyone in a while they ... Read More
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It is interesting to note that not only is this not the most acclaimed of Wells' works, but it may not be the most acclaim novel that goes by the title "The Invisible Man". And it is difficult to top H.G. Wells, even if this is not his best work.
Beginning in a manner that may remind the reader of Kafka, a mysterious visitor arrives in town. Revealing little about himself, he naturally arrouses the suspicions of the locals. When unexplained events occur in town, fingers begin pointing ... Read More
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My knowledge of this tale dates from the old Claude Rains movie, so it was interesting, as usual, to go back to the source and see what Wells actually wrote. While very short,the novel falls into two halves: the first faintly comic (you can see it peopled by all those Universal British character actors), the second more suspenseful and more of what the whole novel should have been.
The "explanation" chaper (i.e. how he did it)was fascinating in the way all these pseudo-science chapters are ... Read More
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First off, the book is amazing--taut, tantalizing and fast-moving. The protagonist is . . . fascinatingly horrible. I really don't want to reveal more. It was fun for me because I knew so little about what was going to happen!
Wells does a masterful job of leading the plot through several points of view. Some parts you see happen before you, some you only hear about and some you can only guess at. It leaves the reader wanting more until the very unexpected, very horrifying end.
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This is a absolutely wonderful book that can be read quickly, maybe even in one sitting. It is told in the first person by an observer who knows the invisible man and is appalled by the transformation that is taking place as both drugs and power corrupt his acquaintence's mind.
What is so fun about this book is the pace: you really feel like you are there. It is all realistically imagined, down to the slowness of the undigested food that can still be seen in the invisible's man stomach. ... Read More
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