Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, England into a family where there was little money to spare; his father ran a small shop and played cricket professionally and his mother worked as a housekeeper. The family's financial situation meant that Wells had to work from the age of fourteen to support himself through education. His success at school won him a free place to study at a college of science in London, after which he became a science teacher. | THE Ạữịị MttN n The Invisible Man . WELLS Level 5 Retold by T. S. Gregory Series Editors Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN-13 978-0-582-41930-8 ISBN-10 0-582-41930-1 First published in the Longman Simplified English Series 1936 This adaptation first published by Addison Wesley Longman Limited in the Longman Fiction Series 1996 Second impression 1997 This edition first published 1999 NEW EDITION 7 9 10 8 6 This edition copyright Penguin Books Ltd 1999 Cover design by Bender Richardson White Set in 11 14pt Bembo Printed in China SWTC 06 All rights reserved no part ofthis publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission ofthe Publishers. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Pic For a complete list of titles available in the Penguin Readers series please write to your local Pearson Education office or to Penguin Readers Marketing Departaient Pearson Education Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE. Contents page Introduction iv Chapter 1 The Strange Man s Arrival 1 Chapter 2 Mr Henfrey Has a Shock 5 Chapter 3 The Thousand and One Bottles 9 Chapter 4 Mr Cuss Talks to the Stranger 13 Chapter 5 The Robbery at the Vicarage 16 Chapter 6 The Furniture That Went Mad 18 Chapter 7 The Stranger Shows His Face 21 Chapter 8 On the Road 27 Chapter 9 In the Coach and Horses 31 Chapter 10 The Invisible Man Loses His Temper 33 Chapter 11 Mr Marvel Tries to Say No 36 Chapter 12 At Port Stowe 37 Chapter 13 The Man in a Hurry 39 Chapter 14 In the Happy Cricketers 40 Chapter 15 Dr Kemp s Visitor 43 Chapter 16 How to Become Invisible 49 Chapter 17 The Experiment 51 Chapter 18 The Plan That Failed 53 Chapter 19 The Hunt for the Invisible Man
