The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - Couverture souple

Wells, H. G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444464078 ISBN 13 : 9781444464078

Editeur : Aeterna, 2026

Synopsis

When a heavily bandaged stranger arrives at the snowbound village inn of Iping, his secrecy first excites curiosity, then fear. Behind the dark glasses, false nose, and hidden face is Griffin, a brilliant but desperate scientist who has discovered the secret of invisibility. At first his condition seems a triumph of science, offering freedom from ordinary limits and the promise of absolute power. But invisibility proves less a miracle than a curse. Cold, hunger, suspicion, and rage close in on him, until the unseen man becomes a terror moving through rooms, streets, and minds. The Invisible Man is one of H. G. Wells’s most gripping scientific romances, combining mystery, satire, horror, and psychological suspense. From the comic unease of village gossip to the violent chase across southern England, Wells turns an impossible idea into a sharp study of ambition without conscience. Griffin’s gift removes him from sight, but it also strips away restraint, sympathy, and human connection. Strange, swift, and unsettling, this classic tale asks what remains of a man when no one can see him—and what horrors may follow when power is divorced from responsibility, justice, and the ordinary limits that bind human beings together in civilized life today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aeterna
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444464078
• ISBN 13: 9781444464078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 127
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