The document summarizes parts of H.G. Wells' novel "The Invisible Man". It describes how a scientist named Griffin discovers a drug that can make people invisible. After testing it on himself, he goes to London where he causes trouble by stealing clothes and food. He later decides to go to a remote village called Iping. There, the villagers become suspicious of the strange man staying at the inn. Griffin gets angry and reveals his invisibility to them, terrifying the town as they try to catch the invisible man.
2. Introduction
This story is about a scientist. His name was Griffin. One day he discovered a
wonderful drug. This drug could make him invisible. He set his landlord's
house on fire. Then he took the drug. He became invisible. He could see
everybody but nobody could see him. But it was very cold. He was without
clothes. He went into a store. He passed his night there. He stole money and
clothes from there. He went to a village called Iping. There he stayed at an
inn. He stole some money. The police were called. But he became invisible
and escaped from there.
3. Summary Part 1 (London)
The story is about a scientist named Griffin. He had been discovering ways that could make a man
invisible and finally swallowed certain rare drugs that made him invisible. He was first noticed by
two boys in the staircase of a house where they could just see his footsteps and started following it.
They follow it until the footsteps are fainter and cannot be seen. First, as he is feeling cold he
enters a mall for some warmth. After the stores shut down, he decides to wear some warm clothes
and eat something.
He first unboxes a few clothes and wears them. Then from the kitchen of a restaurant, he eats cold
meat and some coffee. Later he goes to a grocery store and eats sweets and drinks wine. He then
falls asleep on a pile of quilts. He then wakes up in the morning when some of the store assistants
had seen him and started chasing him. He quickly threw away all the clothes he was wearing and
became invisible again. Then he started roaming around again without any clothes in the cold
winters of London.
4. He then decides to steal clothes from a theatre company as he knew he would get
something there to cover his face as well. He then steals bandages for his face, dark
glasses, false nose and a hat for covering himself.
He then hits the shopkeeper and steals all his money. Soon he realizes that London is
too crowded to live like this and decides that he would go to a remote village. He books
two rooms at an inn at the Iping village.
5. Summary Part 2 (Iping)
He reaches there and it is strange for the people of Iping that a stranger with such a weird
appearance has come to stay at an inn during the winter season. Once his money is over, he
steals from people and also hits the landlord and his wife when they try to check his room in his
absence. Then the village constable is asked for help but before that Mrs. Hall, the wife of the
landlord asks him questions regarding who he is and what he did to her furniture.
This makes him really furious and he decides to show her who he really is. The people then see
a headless man and Mr. Jaffers, the constable also finds out that he would have to arrest a man
who does not have a head. They are unable to catch Griffin as he removes all his clothes and
becomes invisible. He even knocks out Jaffers as he tries to catch him.