The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells published in 1897. It is a story of 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. This novel has been adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) under the Class XII English Curriculum. The present unabridged edition of 'The Invisible Man' covers the entire story.This book presents an unabridged edition of the novel divided into 28 chapters. At the end of the 28 chapters the Question Digest section containing questions which may be asked in Class XII board English examination have been provided. The book also covers author's biography in the beginning along with an introduction to the major themes in the novel. Also in the beginning a short summary about the novel has been provided and also the dramatis personae has been covered. As the novel has been presented in the unabridged edition along with number of questions which can be asked in the Class XII examination, it for sure will help the students study the novel in the best possible manner and help them score good grades in the upcoming Class XII examination.
Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sniff a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." --Gail Hudson
