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H. G. Wells - O Homem Invisível.
Rapaz, esse livro foi bem doido, assim como, o próprio homem invisível!
É um livro bem curto, com uma leitura boa!
H.G. Wells trouxe, nesse livro, como o ser humano pode ser ambicioso e pensar só em si próprio. Traz também que a invisibilidade tem o seu lado ruim, e bota ruim nisso!!!
Que agonia ler certas partes, eu ia surtar se fosse comigo! E ia esquecer, com toda certeza, que estava invisível, assim como, o personagem esqueceu, e cometeu muitos erros!
O terror nesse livro é diferente! Por isso pode acabar decepcionado um pouco!
Mas valeu muito poder saber o desenvolvimento dessa história!
PS: Que venha logo o Drácula!!!!
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Es muy entretenido en general, siento que es un buen libro para pasar el rato y sin que sea una lectura tan complicada. Lo recomiendo a aquellos lectores que estan empezando por leer clasicos que no sean pesados.
Aunque en los últimos capitulos es predecible lo que le va a pasar al hombre invisible, pero es interesante la forma en que ambientan y cómo trabajan juntos.
Le pongo un puntuación de 3.5/5 ya que siento que el autor debió agregar algún motivo por la que el antagonista quisiera ser invisible además de ser reconocido, sino no habría manera de que él quiera acabar con todos solo porque se le pintó.
A gripping and entertaining tale of terror and suspense as well as a potent Faustian allegory of hubris and science run amok, The Invisible Man endures as one of the signature stories in the literature of science fiction. A brilliant scientist uncovers the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder. The inspiration for countless imitations and film adaptations, The Invisible Man is as remarkable and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago. As Arthur C. Clarke points out in his Introduction, “The interest of the story . . . lies not in its scientific concepts, but in the brilliantly worked out development of the theme of invisibility. If one could be invisible, then what?”
Hawley Griffin, the central character of the novel is a Faustian figure belonging to the archetypal group of mad scientists counting Wells' earliest creation Dr. Moreau, Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll, and Shelley's Frankenstein. Like [a:Aldous Huxley|3487|Aldous Huxley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1547138835p2/3487.jpg], Wells was a founding member of the Eugenics Education Society, which was concerned with overpopulation and the breeding of disease. For them, poverty was one of the vices that needed annihilation. The Invisible Man can be read as an attempt from Wells to convey to his peers the danger of such a state of destitution through the progress of his focal character. Griffin was a researcher who needed a lot of money to finance his work. He was poor, however, and this state of insolvency had prompted him in the course of time to develop a fraudulent conduct in the quest of the money he so desperately needed to pursue his research and experiments. At the same time, the book cautions against scientific experimentation in dangerous grounds. Like Moreau, Griffin had attempted to defy nature and its rules, which caused him to slide down an abyss of decadence and criminality in the quest of the impossible. Thus, the plot reflects the late-Victorian collapse of morality. Similar to Henry Jekyll who came up with a potion that allowed him to commit all kind of atrocities without harming his personal reputation and social persona, Griffin's main objective throughout his quest of invisibility was to acquire a means to deflect guilt from his own person. This idea illustrates the lack of discipline and the failing moral guidelines in the midst of the degenerating society of the day. In a racial reading of the story, Griffin's alienation and subsequent misconduct and criminality find their genesis in his treatment as an outsider to the community. Griffin was an Albino, and as such he had always suffered from the otherness which marked other people's interaction with him. In this regard, one character had even remarked that the invisible man might have been a pie bald, white here and dark there. This alienation on the basis of race and appearance imparts the author's concern with racism in the novel. Like [b:Dracula|17245|Dracula|Bram Stoker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387151694l/17245._SY75_.jpg|3165724], The Invisible Man embodies the fears which oppressed the late 19 century English society. His invisibility speaks of the dread which filled the late-Victorian Britons in regard to immigration. Jack the Ripper, for one, was believed to belong to the Jewish community which had closed ranks and shielded his identity against discovery once and for all. Whether that was true or not, his mystery had remained unsolved and with it the undying fear of an eminent danger. Accordingly, the dread of invisible threats sprang among people, for the Ripper could have been walking the streets of London still and choosing his victims in broad daylight without attracting notice. This state of affairs marks the progress of both the Transylvanian vampire and the Albino criminal. Both characters had the ability to go wherever they pleased without emitting a single sign of hostility to caution their surroundings.
Le style du récit m'a donné l'impression d'être un mélange entre « L'homme sans Douleur » et « Frankenstein » et, à bien y réfléchir, je pense que c'est celui que j'ai préféré des trois. Déjà, il est drôle. Que ce soit Griffin ou d'autres personnages, il y a un humour absurde chez les personnages, qui passent parfois par un faux sentiment de raison. Je reprends l'exemple mais Griffin qui se défend de l'incendie qu'il a provoqué à son ancien immeuble par « Nan mais ils étaient bien assurés je crois », c'est merveilleusement drôle. Ce personnage est totalement à l'ouest. En discutant avec une pote, je me suis rendue compte que j'avais beaucoup de compassion injustifiée pour lui. J'veux dire, le perso est un égoïste et un monstre bien avant son invisibilité. Et moi j'étais là "Ui mais il est seul. . .". Sauf qu'il a voulu être seul. Bref, particulière notre relation. Très hâte de relire du Wells en tout cas, la postface de ce livre était très intéressante sur les envies de l'auteur à travers ses écrits et je veux découvrir tout ça !
I have read The Invisible Man more times than I care to think about and it always, always blows me away. HG Wells was a genius, his creativity and talent undeniable and whilst books such as The War of The Worlds are without doubt fantastic?It is The Invisible Man that I always found to be one of his greatest works because there was always that thought in my mind of ’What if?’ What if someone found a way to be truly invisible, where the realm of fantasy crossed into reality. What would they do?How would it be done? What would the effect be on their body? When I first read it, I think I was ten - I wanted to be invisible so I could hide in my favourite bookshop and read all night. It seemed exciting and clearly, my love of books went over the idea of more.. naughty possibilities.I still have that love for the ’what if’ that comes from HG Wells work. I truly believe it to be a classic and a must for anyone who loves the magic that impossibility and improbability gives.