About the Book: The Invisible Man
The stranger arrives early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind
and a driving snow. He is wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his hat
hides every inch of his face. Rude and rough, the stranger works with strange
apparatus locked in his room all day and walks along lonely lanes at night, his
bandaged face inspiring fear in children and dogs. Is he the mutilated victim of
an accident? A criminal on the run? An eccentric genius? But no-one in the
village comes close to guessing who has come amongst them, or what