Unlike Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells tells the story of a man who is literally invisible. One day a small inn takes in a man completely covered in bandages. At first everyone assumes that the man has had some kind of accident. After some unusual crimes people become suspicious and the invisible man's secret gets out. Much like Wells' War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man shows normal people encountering something that seems unbelievable and the result is panic. I enjoy Wells' style and can imagine how groundbreaking his work was when it was published. This one gets an A.
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