The Invisible Man

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Invisible ManISBN13:9781541245259ISBN10:1541245253Author:Wells, H. G. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - A Mysterious Man, Griffin, Arrives At The Local Inn Of The English Village Of Iping, West Sussex, During A Snowstorm The Stranger Wears A Long-Sleeved, Thick Coat And Gloves; His Face Is Hidden Entirely By Bandages Except For A Fake Pink Nose; And He Wears A Wide-Brimmed Hat He Is Excessively Reclusive, Irascible, And Unfriendly He Demands To Be Left Alone And Spends Most Of His Time In His Rooms Working With A Set Of Chemicals And Laboratory Apparatus, Only Venturing Out At Night While Griffin Is Staying At The Inn, Hundreds Of Strange Glass Bottles (That He Calls His Luggage) Arrive Many Local Townspeople Believe This To Be Very Strange He Becomes The Talk Of The Village Meanwhile, A Mysterious Burglary Occurs In The Village Griffin Has Run Out Of Money And Is Trying To Find A Way To Pay For His Board And Lodging When His Landlady Demands That He Pay His Bill And Quit The Premises, He Reveals Part Of His Invisibility To Her In A Fit Of Pique An Attempt To Apprehend The Stranger Is Frustrated When He Undresses To Take Advantage Of His Invisibility, Fights Off His Would-Be Captors, And Flees To The Downs There Griffin Coerces A Tramp, Thomas Marvel, Into Becoming His Assistant With Marvel, He Returns To The Village To Recover Three Notebooks That Contain Records Of His Experiments When Marvel Attempts To Betray The Invisible Man To The Police, Griffin Chases Him To The Seaside Town Of Port Burdock, Threatening To Kill Him Marvel Escapes To A Local Inn And Is Saved By The People At The Inn, But Griffin Escapes Marvel Later Goes To The Police And Tells Them Of This Invisible Man, Then Requests To Be Locked Up In A High-Security Jail Griffin's Furious Attempt To Avenge His Betrayal Leads To His Being Shot He Takes Shelter In A Nearby House That Turns Out To Belong To Dr Kemp, A Former Acquaintance From Medical School To Kemp, He Reveals His True Identity: The Invisible Man Is Griffin, A Former Medical Student Who Left Medicine To Devote Himself To Optics Griffin Recounts How He Invented Chemicals Capable Of Rendering Bodies Invisible, And, On Impulse, Performed The Procedure On Himself Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-12-22Weight:0.59 lbsDimensions:0.41'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:194Language:English

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