The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G.Wells published in 1897. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure.

H. G. Wells (1866-1946) or Herbert George Wells was a historian and novelist. He was also one of the most preeminent writers of science fiction. Wells is perhaps most famous for his novel The War of the Worlds. This novel was made famous by Orson Welles’s radio adaptation (and hoax) presented in 1938.