L' uomo invisibile: e altri racconti

by H.G. Wells

Griffin, brillante fisico londinese, sa di avere un'unica arma per riscattarsi da una vita piuttosto amara e povera di il proprio genio. Il suo lavoro consiste nello sviluppare nuove sensazionali tecniche, il suo scopo è ottenere il rispetto dovuto alle menti eccelse. Quando mette a punto un procedimento che gli permette di rendere invisibili gli oggetti, decide di provare su di sé quella scoperta rivoluzionaria, ma i risultati sono ben diversi da quelli che immaginava. Essere invisibile comporta parecchi inconvenienti, e forse non è poi così vantaggioso sottrarsi alla vista degli altri, a meno che non si voglia sfruttare l'invisibilità per fini perversi, come ad esempio incutere terrore. Ma il piano di Griffin fallisce miseramente, anche grazie a un suo vecchio compagno di studi che era a conoscenza dei suoi disegni visionari. Braccato dalla legge, si ritroverà intrappolato nella scoperta che avrebbe dovuto finalmente liberarlo, tradito dal genio cui aveva affidato ogni desiderio di riscatto. Un classico della science fiction, l'amara parabola di un uomo animato da un pericoloso fanatismo per il progresso scientifico, ma destinato a soccombere di fronte all'inesorabilità dei propri limiti.

497 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2021

About the author

Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.

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Reviews

[Alessandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ascoltato in versione audiolibro. Mi è sinceramente piaciuta l'idea, e l'evoluzione della storia principale stimola a riflessioni etiche e morali interessanti.