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The Invisible Man (1897) by H. G. Wells(1840-1928)

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Digital Sources gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Library/Classic/invisman.txt RocketEdition - October 1999 - eBooksBrasil ©2008 Herbert George Wells

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THE INVISIBLE MAN by H.G. Wells
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Strange Man's Arrival Chapter 2 Mr. Teddy Henfrey's First Impressions Chapter 3 The Thousand and One Bottles Chapter 4 Mr. Cuss Interviews the Stranger Chapter 5 The Burglary at the Vicarage Chapter 6 The Furniture That Went Mad Chapter 7 The Unveiling of the Stranger Chapter 8 In Transit Chapter 9 Mr. Thomas Marvel Chapter 10 Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping Chapter 11 In the Coach and Horses Chapter 12 The Invisible Man Loses His Temper Chapter 13 Mr. Marvel Discusses His

Resignation Chapter 14 At Port Stowe Chapter 15 The Man Who Was Running Chapter 16 In the Jolly Cricketers Chapter 17 Doctor Kemp's Visitor Chapter 18 The Invisible Man Sleeps Chapter 19 Certain First Principles Chapter 20 At the House in Great Portland Street Chapter 21 In Oxford Street Chapter 22 In the Emporium Chapter 23 In Drury Lane Chapter 24 The Plan That Failed Chapter 25 The Hunting of the Invisible Man Chapter 26 The Wicksteed Murder Chapter 27 The Siege of Kemp's House Chapter 28 The Hunter Hunted The Epilogue

Chapter 1 The Strange Man's Arrival
The stranger came early in February one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled itself against his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he carried. He staggered into the Coach and Horses, more dead than alive as it seemed, and flung his portmanteau down.

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