The Invisible Man, H.G Wells
The Invisible Man, H.G Wells
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The Invisible Man
A Grotesque Romance

Author: H.G Wells

Narrator: Simon Hester

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2020

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Classic


Synopsis

What would it be really like to have the power of invisibility? What could be achieved for good or ill by becoming the first unseen human being? H.G Wells plays out these questions in his classic story which begins with a light, comic touch but soon moves towards terror and tragedy. Wells makes it clear that the potential power that invisibility brings has to contend with the weaknesses of human nature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne

This is the story of how one angry, naked, sneezing albino managed to terrorize the English countryside. To be quite honest, I expected a bit more from the people who fended off the Nazis for years. But Wells seemed to think his fellow countrymen would be a bit too inept to toss a sheet over this sh......more

Goodreads review by Leonard

At some point in Plato’s Republic (see II, 359b-360d), Glaucon argues with Socrates that men practice justice only out of fear of punishment. Without that fear, they would commit theft, rape and murder. Case in point: Gyges, whose legendary ancestor, a poor shepherd, once found a magic ring inside a......more

Goodreads review by Lala

I read this for 2 reasons. It was short and therefore conducive to my 30 day reading challenge where I read 30 books (this was book 7) AND I was filming the process for a book vs. movie review (which I've now scrapped because the book was average and the movie was terrible and I don't care about eit......more

القوة المطلقة قد تحولك من ذكي نبيل الى مجنون حقير بأكثر الطرق تشويقا و إثارة قالها لنا العبقري ويلز في اخر أعوام القرن 19 من بين المواهب الخارقة. .لم ارغب يوما ان اكون خفية..فمعظم ما ساستفاده من هذا الوضع سيندرج تحت بند الحرام..الميزة الوحيدة..انه لا حاجة للعناية بالمظهر او الريجيم..رغبت كثيرا في الط......more