Herbert George Wells

adaptation by R. Polichetti and M. Simmons 
 A quiet country village is upset by the arrival of a stranger who is always covered from head to foot – he wears a large hat, a scarf, dark glasses, bandages all around his head and has a strange pink nose. But soon the villagers find out why the strange man is always dressed like that.
 He is a scientist who has done an extraordinary experiment on himself… What are its effects? Why is everybody terribly scared?
 The reader is enriched by stimulating inserts about science fiction plus invisibility in literature, science and cinema.
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities.
 
 Un tranquillo paese di campagna viene sconvolto dall’arrivo di un forestiero sempre coperto da capo a piedi. Porta cappello a larghe tese, sciarpa, occhiali scuri e ha uno strano naso rosa. Con sgomento e terrore ben presto gli abitanti scoprono perché quell’uomo è sempre vestito così, sia dentro che fuori casa. Egli è uno scienziato che ha sperimentato su di sé una rivoluzionaria formula…
 Quali effetti avrà? Perché sono tutti così spaventati?
 Il reader è arricchito da approfondimenti sull’invisibilità in campo letterario, scientifico e cinematografico.

Chapter 1 – The arrival of the stranger

Extension: Inns and stagecoaches

Chapter 2 – The furniture goes crazy

Extension: Science fiction

Chapter 3 – The stranger shows himself

Extension: Invisibility in literature

Chapter 4 – Dr Kemp’s visitor

Extension: Invisibility in science

Chapter 5 – The hunt for the Invisible Man

Extension: Invisibility at the cinema

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N SCIENCE FICTION The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel. The future, new invention and aliens1 are the main2 themes3 of science fiction. Science fiction creates a possible world that is very different from ours. Physical or biological laws4 may not be the same as ours. For example, aliens  physical aspects and movements may be very different from ours. Science fiction often uses scientific laws that are not real but invented. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a movie produced and directed by Steven Spielberg (1982). Main themes and characters5 One of the main themes of science fiction is technology. Technology may have positive or negative effects. Some characters are: the strange professor, the brilliant scientist or the crazy scientist, the astronaut that is not afraid of anything or even ordinary people. Back to the Future, a movie written and directed by Robert Zemeckis (1985). 1. alien: a creature from a different world. 2. main: the most important. 3. theme: the subject or main idea in a talk, piece of writing or work of art. 4. laws: a series of rules. 5. character: a person represented in a film, play, or story. 

Verne and Wells Together with Jules Verne (1828-1905), Herbert George Wells is considered the father of science fiction. In the novels of the French writer (Twenty Thousand Leagues6 Under the Sea, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth7 and Around the World in Eighty Days), technical aspects are very important; in Wells s novels, social and moral aspects are more important. Science Wells was a man of science. In 1890, he took a degree in zoology and wrote biology and geography textbooks. So it is natural8 that the main characters of his first three novels were scientists. The Time Machine (1895) is about a scientist who builds a machine to travel into the future and the past. In The Island of Dr Moreau (1896), a scientist makes experiments on animals and changes them into men and women. The main character in The Invisible Man (1897) is a scientist that nobody can see because he did a special experiment on himself. These three scientists live alone or are separated from society and have little contact with other people. 6. league: (old use) a unit for measuring distance. 7. Earth: our planet. 8. natural: (here) normal, obvious. The Island of Dr Moreau. 29 THE 

Un tranquillo paese è sconvolto dall'arrivo di un forestiero. Scoprono uno scienziato che ha sperimentato su di sé una formula di invisibilità

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