《隐身人》讲述了一位天才科学家把自己变为隐身人后与人类为敌的故事。

威尔斯被称为20世纪初科幻文学的双星之一，他是继凡尔纳之后最杰出的科幻作家。《时间机器》《隐身人》《星球大战》是威尔斯科幻小说中最经典的三部作品，由中国社科院外文所教授领衔翻译，此译本是目前国内最权威、最科学的。他的作品想象丰富，故事紧张，情节离奇，作者抒发幻想，影射现实，用象征或寓示的方式暗示人类社会。作品既有娱乐作用，又有讽喻意义。

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CHAPTER I
THE STRANGE MAN'S ARRIVAL
The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled itself against his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he carried. He staggered into the "Coach and Horses" more dead than alive, and flung his portmanteau down. "A fire," he cried, "in the name of human charity! A room and a fire!" He stamped and shook the snow from off himself in the bar, and followed Mrs. Hall into her guest parlour to strike his bargain. And with that much introduction, that and a couple of sovereigns flung upon the table, he took up his quarters in the inn.