Characters: Griffin is a scientist and the main character of the story, Dr. Kemp, a Marvel vagabond.
The work begins with a description of the Coachman and Horses tavern, which is owned by Mrs. Hall and her henpecked husband. At the beginning of February, a mysterious stranger appeared in the tavern, wrapped from head to toe. In winter it is difficult to get a guest, and the stranger also pays generously. The owners agree to accommodate him.
His behavior seems increasingly strange and increasingly alarming to those around him. He is very irritable and avoids communicating with others. When he eats, he covers his mouth with a napkin. His head is all wrapped in bandages. Moreover, it is unknown what he does. His room always smells of some kind of chemicals. The mysterious stranger's name is Griffin. He strives to regain his previous state, to become visible, but fails after failure. He's running out of money, and his owners don't want to feed him for free. Then, taking advantage of his invisibility, he goes on a robbery. Of course, suspicion falls on him first. Griffin is slowly losing his mind. Hungry and exhausted, one day he takes a crazy step: he tears off his disguise in front of everyone. It dissolves into thin air. Those around are shocked.
The first pursuit of the Invisible Man ends happily for him. In addition, while fleeing persecution, Griffin comes across a tramp named Marvel, a lover of alcohol. The Invisible Man explains to Marvel that he is also an outcast, so he definitely needs help. We need to get clothes and money. Marvel fulfills all the demands of the Invisible Man, although he is aware of his dependence on such a dangerous subject.
There is a holiday in the city. And the Invisible Man decided to organize a destruction as a farewell. He cuts the telegraph wires, takes the books with his scientific notes, collects more money and, having burdened Marvel with all this, leaves. At the same time, Marvel tries to run away, but he is stopped by the many coins in his pockets and, of course, the fear of the Invisible Woman.
And Dr. Kemp sits calmly in his office and does scientific work. Through the window, he sees a man running down the street with a stack of books. The runner hides first in a tavern, and then in a police station. At this time, someone rings the doorbell at Kemp's apartment. But when the doctor opens it, there is no one behind the door. And the invisible visitor is already in the office. There's blood on the linoleum. The bed is rumpled in the bedroom... And then he hears a voice: My God, it’s Kemp! As it turns out later, Griffin and Kemp studied at the same university.
But what happened to Griffin? Already being the Invisible Man, he chased poor Marvel, who hid in the Jolly Cricketers tavern. But due to the fact that the whole city knows about the existence of the Invisible Man, one of the visitors to the tavern begins to shoot at the door. One of the bullets hits Griffin in the arm.
... Griffin's career is not going well. A brilliant scientist, he discovered a way to become invisible. But the fear that his discovery will be appropriated by less gifted people forces Griffin to keep everything secret. However, a lack of money soon pushes him to commit his first crime. He robs his father, taking other people's money from him. Because of this, the father commits suicide. Griffin decides to run away and to do this he becomes invisible. Having become invisible, Griffin experiences many inconveniences. Dogs chase him barking, cab drivers knock him down. But what catches his eye is a shop that sells makeup supplies. Its owner is a hunchback, whom the Invisible Man ties in a sheet and deprives him of the opportunity to escape. Next, Griffin sets the house on fire, destroys all his drugs, then leaves. Now we must learn to move from the invisible to the visible state, which the Invisible Man cannot do.
Appearing at Doctor Kemp's, the Invisible Man invites him to become her accomplice. Kemp realizes that he is facing a dangerous fanatic and reports the invisible man to the police. The Invisible Man runs away. But they are looking for him according to a plan drawn up by Kemp. The roads are strewn with crushed glass, the doors and windows of the houses are locked, and dogs are prowling everywhere. The Invisible Man is hunted. However, he still wants to take revenge on Kemp. One day he chases the doctor down the street. Fortunately, Kemp finds himself in a crowd of fellow countrymen. This is where Griffin ends. The unforgiving crowd deals with him. Gradually, the entire wounded man appears before everyone's eyes: Griffin is invisible while he is alive.
And Mr. Marvel bought the Jolly Cricketers zucchini with the money stolen from the Invisible Man. Every evening he locks himself away from people and uses Griffin’s books to try to unravel his secret. So far he has not succeeded.
H.G. Wells
Invisible Man
In early February, at the Coachman and Horses inn, owned by Mrs. Hall and her henpecked husband, a mysterious stranger appears, wrapped from head to toe. Getting a guest on a winter day is not easy, but the visitor pays generously.
His behavior seems increasingly strange and increasingly alarming to those around him. He is very irritable and avoids human society. When he eats, he covers his mouth with a napkin. His head is all wrapped in bandages. In addition, the provincials of IPing (a place in Southern England) have no way of understanding what he does. The smell of some kind of chemicals, the clink of broken dishes, and loud curses that the tenant keeps hurling around the house (obviously, something is not working out for him).
Griffin, whose name we learn much later, strives to regain his previous state, to become visible, but fails and becomes increasingly irritated. In addition, he has run out of money, they have stopped feeding him, and he goes, taking advantage of his invisibility, to rob. Of course, suspicion first falls on him.
The hero is gradually going crazy. He is an irritable person by nature, and now this is clearly manifested. Hungry, exhausted by constant failures with experiments, he takes a crazy step - gradually, in front of everyone, he tears off his disguise, appears before the observers as a man without a head, and then completely disappears into thin air. The first pursuit of the Invisible Man ends happily for him. In addition, while fleeing from her pursuers, the Invisible Man comes across a tramp Marvel, referred to as "Mr. Marvel" - perhaps because he invariably wears a tattered top hat. And he is very picky about shoes. And no wonder - a tramp needs nothing more than good shoes, even if they are donated. One fine moment, while trying on and evaluating new shoes, he hears a Voice coming from the void. Mr. Marvel's weaknesses include a passion for alcohol, so he does not immediately manage to believe himself, but he has to - an invisible voice explains to him that he saw in front of him the same outcast as himself, felt sorry for him and at the same time thought that he could help him. help. After all, he was left naked, driven, and he needed Mr. Marvel as an assistant. First of all, you need to get clothes, then money. Mr. Marvel initially fulfills all the requirements - especially since the Invisible Man has not abandoned his aggressive attacks and poses a considerable danger. Preparations for the holiday are underway in Aiping. And before finally leaving Aiping, the Invisible Man causes destruction there, cuts the telegraph wires, steals the vicar’s clothes, takes the books with his scientific notes, burdens poor Marvel with all this and removes himself from the sight of the local inhabitants. And in the surrounding areas, people often see handfuls of coins flashing in the air, or even whole stacks of banknotes. Marvel keeps trying to run away, but he is stopped every time by an invisible Voice. And he remembers very well how tenacious the Invisible Man’s hands are. The last time he was just about to open up to a sailor he met by chance, but immediately discovered that the Invisible Man was nearby and fell silent. But only for a while. Too much money has accumulated in my pockets.
And then one day Dr. Kemp, sitting calmly in his rich house filled with servants and busy with scientific work for which he dreamed of being awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, saw a man in a tattered silk top hat running quickly. In his hands were books tied with string; his pockets, as it turned out later, were filled with money. This fat man's route was laid out extremely accurately. First he hid in the Jolly Cricketers tavern, and then asked to be escorted to the police as soon as possible. Another minute and he disappeared into the nearest police station, where he asked to be immediately locked in the most secure cell. And the doorbell rang at Dr. Kemp's door. There was no one behind the door. The boys must have been playing around. But an invisible visitor appeared in the office. Kemp discovered a dark stain on the linoleum. It was blood. In the bedroom, the sheet was torn and the bed was rumpled. And then he heard a voice: “My God, it’s Kemp!” Griffin turned out to be Kemp's university friend.
After Mr. Marvel, scared half to death, hid in the Jolly Cricketers tavern, the Invisible Man, obsessed with a thirst for revenge, tried to break through there, but it ended in disaster. The Invisible Man had already been trumpeted in all the newspapers, people had taken security measures, and one of the visitors to the “Merry Cricketers” - a bearded man in gray, judging by his accent, an American, turned out to have a six-shooter revolver, and he began to fire fan-shaped shots at the door. One of the bullets hit Griffin in the arm, although there was no dangerous wound. The search for the body did not yield any results, and Griffin then appeared at Kemp’s.
From the story that Griffin told his classmate, we learn his backstory.
Griffin is a talented scientist, bordering on genius, but his career has not been going well. He studied medicine, chemistry and physics, but, knowing the morals that reigned in the scientific world, he was afraid that his discoveries would be appropriated by less gifted people. In the end, he had to leave the provincial college and settle in some slum London house, where at first no one bothered him. The only thing missing was money. This is where Griffin's chain of crimes begins. He robs his father, taking other people's money from him, and he commits suicide. Griffin has not a drop of remorse. He is so focused on his work that he does not take any other considerations into account. Finally the hour of the long-awaited opening arrives. But how to live further? Money is running out, neighbors and the householder suspect him of something. He is too different from others. And he’s doing something incomprehensible. We must escape from the house that has become uncomfortable. But to do this, first become invisible. And this is a painful process. The body burns as if on fire, he loses consciousness. He is overcome with horror at the sight of his own body becoming seemingly transparent.
When a householder with his stepsons bursts into the room, he, to his surprise, finds no one in it. And Griffin for the first time feels all the inconveniences of his position. Going out into the street, he notices that everyone is pushing him, the cab drivers are almost knocking him down, and the dogs are chasing him with a terrible bark. We need to get dressed first. The first attempt to rob a store ends in failure. But then he comes across a poor shop, littered with used makeup supplies. It is controlled by some unfortunate hunchback, whom he ties in a sheet, thereby depriving him of the opportunity to escape and, most likely, dooming him to starvation. But the same man who later appears in Aiping comes out of the shop. All that remains is to cover up the traces of your stay in London. Griffin sets fire to the house, destroying all his drugs, and hides in Southern England, from where he can easily cross to France if desired. But first you need to learn how to move from the invisible to the visible state. However, things are not going well. The money has run out. The robbery is revealed. A chase is organized. The newspapers are full of sensational reports. And in this state, Griffin appears at Dr. Kemp’s - hungry, hunted, wounded. He was an unbalanced person before, but now he is developing a mania for misanthropy. From now on, he - the Invisible Man - wants to rule people, establishing a reign of terror for decades. He persuades Kemp to become his accomplice. Kemp realizes that in front of him is a dangerous fanatic. And he makes a decision - he writes a note to the chief of the local police, Colonel Adlai. When he appears, Griffin at first does not intend to touch him. “I didn’t quarrel with you,” he says. He needs the traitor Kemp. But the colonel has a gun borrowed from Kemp, and he falls as Griffin's next victim. This is followed by the completely senseless murder of the manager, Lord Burdke, armed with only a cane at the sight of an iron rod hanging in the air.
But they are already looking for the Invisible Man - according to the plan drawn up by Kemp. The roads are covered with crushed glass, mounted police are galloping throughout the area, the doors and windows of houses are locked, it is impossible to get into passing trains, dogs are prowling everywhere. Griffin is like a hunted animal, and a hunted animal is always dangerous. But he still needs to take revenge on Kemp, who, after killing Adlai, turns from the hunter to the hunted. A terrible invisible enemy is chasing him. Fortunately, already on his last breath, Kemp finds himself in a crowd of fellow countrymen, and then the end awaits Griffin. Kemp wants to save him, but those around him are unforgiving. And gradually, before everyone’s eyes, a beautiful, but all wounded man reappears - Griffin is invisible while he is alive,
However, the last character in this novel is not Kemp, not Griffin, but Mr. Marvel. He dressed up, bought the Jolly Cricketers tavern with the money he stole from Griffin, and is highly respected in the area. And every evening he locks himself away from people and tries to unravel Griffin’s mystery. Almost his last words: “That was the head!”
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H.G. Wells' book "The Invisible Man" is rightfully considered a classic of science fiction. This is one of the first works in this genre, which caused a lot of controversy, including in scientific circles. G. Wells' book "The Invisible Man" has been filmed more than once in various interpretations, and the idea of the novel formed the basis for many later works of other writers.
Wells' novel "The Invisible Man" summary
In H.G. Wells's novel "The Invisible Man" you can read about how a strange guest settled in the "Coachman and Horses" tavern in the small village of Aiping. He swore constantly, was wrapped in bandages, and when he ate he covered his mouth with a napkin. In addition, his room constantly smelled of chemicals and swearing. But all these shortcomings were more than compensated for by generous pay. And it’s not easy to find a guest here, especially in winter.
In our summary of Wells's The Invisible Man, we will reveal the name of the main character a little earlier. His name is Griffin. As a result of his own experiments, he became invisible, but this is terribly inconvenient and now he is working on a drug that can return him to normal. This doesn’t work out very well for him, which makes him even more incensed. As a result, he completely loses his head and takes off his clothes in front of everyone. This leads to a mad pursuit of him, which he, however, gets off quite successfully. In doing so, he encounters Marvel. This is a local tramp, whom Griffin forces with promises and threats to cooperate with him.
Further in the book by G. Wells “The Invisible Man”, you will learn how Griffin decides to leave Iping. But first he decides to ruin the preparations for the holiday and arranges a signature destruction in the village. In addition, he steals money and takes his own books. He burdens Marvel with all this. He tries to run several times, but a voice from the void stops him every time.
Further in the book by G. Wells “The Invisible Man” you can read about how Dr. Kemp, sitting calmly in his rich house, saw through the window a man running down the street with books at hand. He first ran into the Jolly Cricketer tavern and was then escorted to the nearest police station. Marvel himself asked to go there for the most reliable bars. At this time the doorbell rang. Kemp went to open it, but there was no one at the door. When he returned to the office, he found blood on the linoleum. And from the void I heard a voice: “Oh my God, Kemp!” Griffin turned out to be Kemp's college friend.
Now, if you read H.G. Wells’s novel “The Invisible Man,” you will learn the full story of Griffin. He was a talented scientist in physics, chemistry and medicine, but he was always afraid that his work would be stolen by less talented but more influential scientists. So he settled down at a small college. Due to lack of money, he robbed his father, who eventually committed suicide. But he managed to make his discovery - the elixir of invisibility. He decides to drink it and just in time. After all, the housekeeper bursts into the room in order to drive him out.
Further in our summary of Wells’s novel “The Invisible Man” you can read about how unenviable the fate of the invisible man is. After all, he cannot put on clothes, the food that has entered his stomach becomes visible, and the dogs chase him to the last. It has become even more difficult now that his invisibility has been revealed and all the newspapers are shouting about it. This has backfired on him now. When he ran into the “Jolly Cricket Player” in pursuit of Marvel, some American took out a revolver and started firing, accidentally wounding him in the arm.
Now the main character of Wells’ book, “the invisible man,” invites Kemp to become his ally and seize power over humanity. Dr. Kemp writes a letter to the police and Griffin kills the policeman who appears. Now his target is the traitor Kemp. He chases after him, but ends up in a crowd that kills him. When he dies, he becomes visible. The only one who benefited from all this was Marvel, who used the money stolen by Griffin to buy the “Jolly Cricket Player” pub and every evening tries to unravel Griffin’s notes that he kept.
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Interest in reading Wells's The Invisible Man has not diminished over the years. This allows the novel to periodically be included in our rating. And given this stability, this work of H.G. Wells will probably be presented in ratings more than once.
Title of the work: Invisible Man
Year of writing: 1897
Genre: fantastic story
Main characters: Griffin- scientist, Camp- his classmate
Plot
A young talented scientist - a physician - made a phenomenal discovery - he learned to make living matter invisible. He conducted experiments on himself, but he was unable to return to his original state. He took refuge in a small provincial hotel and continued his experiments. Soon Griffin ran out of money and decided to commit a crime.
Earlier, he stole his father's money, which led to the latter's death. Then the scientist, in a fit of rage, set fire to the house and destroyed all his research notes.
Having met Camp by chance, he tells him his story and offers to continue the research together, so that later they can share fame and money. But Camp refuses and turns to the police, because he sees that Griffin, already unrestrained and hot-tempered, has become uncontrollable in his rage and hatred of all humanity. As a result of a police operation, the scientist is killed. After death, he became visible again.
Conclusion (my opinion)
Sometimes scientists do science not for the sake of the happiness of all mankind, but only for the sake of money, as was the case in this story. Griffin's goal in life was the thirst for fame, and he was only interested in science as an opportunity to get it.
And the publicist Herbert George Wells is the author of many science fiction works that made him famous throughout the world and translated into many languages: “The Time Machine”, “War of the Worlds”, “Men Like Gods”, “The Island of Doctor Moreau” and others. Science fiction writers have repeatedly predicted incredible scientific discoveries; this is a well-known fact. Wells, by the way, long before Einstein and Minkowski showed in the novel “The Time Machine” that the real world is nothing more than a four-dimensional space-time substance.
In another book (“War of the Worlds”), the writer predicted modern wars using toxic substances and What did Wells come up with in his most paradoxical and popular work, “The Invisible Man”? A brief answer to this difficult question would sound like this: his hero made an attempt to change and speed up the life processes in the body. How seriously the scientific community takes the writer's imagination can be determined from the fact that the book caused a storm of controversy. The calculations were made in the most scientifically substantiated manner. The scientists' conclusion was clear: the invisible state contradicts common sense, which means it is impossible. This dispute began in 1897, from the moment the work was published, and has not yet ended.
So, H.G. Wells, “The Invisible Man”, a summary of the novel. The main character, the brilliant physicist Griffin, appears in a small tavern on a chilly day, wrapped in a cloak and hiding his face under a hat, bandages and huge glasses. It is impossible not to notice his oddities; he arouses the curiosity of others.
Gradually, the reader learns that the strange visitor whom G. Wells describes from the first lines is an invisible man. He tells his story to an old friend, also a scientist named Kemp, and the reader then finds out what happened to him. Griffin conducted experiments, invented a device that makes a living organism invisible, and a drug for bleaching blood. When there was not enough money for experiments, he conducted the experiment on himself, deciding to take on such an unusual appearance and get a lot of benefits from it. But everything turned out to be not so simple, and Wells vividly describes his ordeal.
“The Invisible Man”: a summary of the novel about a superman
Yes, this is precisely the task the author sets himself: an evil genius who opposes himself to all of humanity cannot and should not survive. It is strange that the filmmakers allowed themselves to interpret differently the accents that Wells clearly placed. “The Invisible Man” (a summary of the idea of the film of the same name by A. Zakharov) found such an embodiment on the Russian screen: Griffin is a misunderstood talent, and Kemp is an evil genius who is trying to prevent him from making great discoveries to save humanity. In the novel, everything is different. G. Wells himself has an inversely proportional attitude to this. The Invisible Man (the summary cannot contain all the brightness of the dialogues and discussions of the characters) is the same evil genius who wants to create a reign of terror and, through the fear of people, seize power over the world. But he is powerless alone, he needs shelter, food, help, and that’s why he came to Kemp’s house.
He, however, is not going to help him, he understands that the madman must be stopped, and calls the police in secret from his guest. The persecution of Griffin begins, and he, in turn, opens a hunt for his friend who betrayed him. The reader finds himself thinking that sometimes he sympathizes with this anti-hero - the invisible man experiences too sophisticated methods of bullying, as Wells describes. The summary of the book quite vividly conveys the inhuman suffering that a man who wanted to rise above everyone found himself subjected to.
The hero is very vulnerable: he is invisible only when completely naked, but as soon as he gets hurt or dirty, takes food or water, he begins to leave traces. This is what hunters use. The roads are strewn with broken glass, the whole world is up in arms against him and is persecuting him. After all, only when he is alive and unharmed, as Wells writes, is he an invisible man. The main characters, perhaps, are himself, the evil genius who challenged humanity, and the rest of humanity. And he is defeated. Life leaves him, and gradually the transparent outlines of a pathetic, wounded, naked “superman”, the albino Griffin, who turned his talent as a scientist into evil, appear on the earth. And that's why he lost.