
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
1897 · literary fiction · children
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Set in 5 places · 5 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
This book is the story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.
Screen adaptations
- The Invisible Mantv
- Gemini Mantv
- The Invisible Man (1933)film
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)film
- The Invisible Woman (1940)film
- The Invisible Man (1984)tv
- Tomei Ningen (1954)film
- The Invisible Man (1985)film
Set in
- ★London · United Kingdom★ primary
- ★Iping · United Kingdom★ primaryGriffin arrives at the Coach and Horses inn, main setting of Part 1
- ★Midhurst · United Kingdom★ primaryGriffin arrives by train; fictional Bramblehurst is Wells' own Sussex hometown/teaching post
- ★Great Portland Street, London · United Kingdom★ primaryGriffin's lodging-house laboratory where he completes the invisibility process (Ch. 20, "At the House in Great Portland
- ★Portsmouth · United Kingdom★ primaryUniversity town where Griffin holes up with Dr. Kemp and the novel's climactic manhunt/chase occurs
Also set in London
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