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The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Kevin Theis
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H.G. Wells classic tale of science, ethics and madness, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who develops an ingenious serum that can render people invisible.

Taking it himself, Griffin begins a slow descent into insanity...and murder.

One of Wells' infamous Scientific Romances, The Invisible Man is an early sci-fi classic and a must-listen for all fans of the genre.

Public Domain (P)2018 Fort Raphael Publishing Company Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction

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I love this classic tale. It holds its own like Dracula and the Wolfman or the Mummy. It’s a wonderfully written story and the performance is impeccable. I love the sound effects and the narrator is able to do a variety of voices so we can get a feel for characters better. This is one of my favourite narrators and I think this is my favourite audiobook he’s done with the only exception being the one about his Rocky Horror days that he wrote himself. I highly recommend this audiobook!!

Still a great story and great with sound effects!

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A master story teller, H. G. Wells, explores identity and societies reaction to the 'other', quite relevant today as it was when written. Our central character, 'the invisible man', is finding that what he had thought to be a huge advantage, invisibility, is an even larger problem. I think the narration adds an extra dimension to this novel that I didn't experience when I last read it several decades ago. Very enjoyable.

An Enthralling Tale

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"What is the good of pride of place when you cannot appear there?" So ponders Griffin after achieving his plottings and four years of work to become invisible. And this was not the only lack of pre-thought: he'd also overlooked that being invisible did not protect the human body from the weather if it turned cold. Disillusioned, he turns murderous. ..

The Invisible Man might have been written as a book of horror but now, well over a century after it was written, and with our living daily with far more terrifying ideas than someone on the rampage with little more than anger and a box of matches to work havoc, it really becomes quite a funny story: "His blood be upon his own head." O.K. the guy is a sadistic megalomaniac idiot who just happened to work out how to make a clever serum to bring about what he thought he wanted, but really he's just a sad, pathetic and lonely character who gets into fights...

Narration in the audio was by Kevin Theis, who read the text in an appropriately old fashioned 'cinema newsreel' carefully articulated received pronunciation with varying accents in conversation. It feels uncomfortable to hear initially but feels right as the book progresses, especially if playback is speeded up slightly to 1.25. Additionally, there is an ongoing soundtrack, sometimes music but other effects like smashing glass, hanging and knockings, footsteps and crowd voices or gruntings, and this further adds to the atmosphere of, for this reader, hilarity. This is not a favourite read, I have to admit, but it was very easy to hear and enjoy. There are a couple of comments that today would be considered socially inappropriate but, apart from that, this is a story which can be enjoyed by anyone - it is deliciously silly.
At my request, I downloaded a freely gifted complimentary copy of The Invisible Man from the the rights holder, via Audiobook Unleashed. Thank you..

I thought I had immunity to whatever I chose.

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I love H.G Wells books and this was no exception. I would recommend the audiobook to the book it gives more of an effect.
Would highly recommend!

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