First published in 1897, The Invisible Man ranks as one of the most famous scientific fantasies ever written. The Invisible Man novel helped establish H. G. Wells as one of the first and best writers of science fiction.
The story concerns the life and death of a scientist named Griffin who has gone mad. Griffin, The Invisible Man, has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body’s refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself.
Having learned how to make himself invisible, Griffin begins to use his invisibility for nefarious purposes, including murder. When he is finally killed, his body becomes visible again.
