The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man - Unabridged characters

Appears from the start

A scientifically minded inventor whose name is never given. At a gathering in his Richmond home, he argues that time is another dimension and demonstrates a small machine that appears to vanish. He later arrives at dinner exhausted and injured, ready to explain where his larger machine has taken him.

Appears from the start

A member of the Time Traveller's circle who records the inventor's extraordinary account. Though cautious about accepting it, he returns to the house and becomes the final witness to the Traveller's experiments.

Appears from the start

A small, gentle woman of the distant future and one of the Eloi. The Time Traveller rescues her from drowning, and she responds with trust and affection, becoming his closest companion as he explores her world.

Appears from the start

The slight, childlike people living in apparent ease on Earth's surface in the year 802,701. They share food and ruined buildings communally, show little curiosity, and are frightened of darkness.

Appears from the start

Pale underground beings glimpsed by the Time Traveller after nightfall. They maintain the machinery beneath the future landscape and retreat from bright light, making them an immediate source of danger when the time machine disappears.

First appears in chapter 2

An educated Englishman rescued after drifting at sea in an open boat. A shipboard dispute leaves him abandoned near an isolated Pacific island, where disturbing cries and strangely formed inhabitants make him suspect that his rescuers conceal something dangerous.

First appears in chapter 2

A former medical student who nurses Prendick back to health aboard ship and brings animals to a remote island. He works with Moreau, drinks heavily, and is accompanied by the unusual servant M'ling.

First appears in chapter 2

A formidable physiologist living in isolation on the island. Prendick recognizes him as a researcher driven from England after public exposure of his experiments. Moreau is controlled, secretive, and wholly committed to continuing his work.

First appears in chapter 2

Montgomery's devoted attendant, whose animal-like appearance and manner unsettle Prendick. He serves his master capably and occupies an uneasy position between the island's human visitors and its other inhabitants.

First appears in chapter 2

A grey-haired leader among the island's Beast Folk who guides their communal recitation of rules forbidding animal behavior. His authority rests on preserving Moreau's commands and the fearful idea that punishment follows disobedience.

Also known as The Invisible Man

First appears in chapter 3

A heavily bandaged stranger who takes rooms at an inn in Iping during winter. He demands privacy for secret experiments, reacts angrily to interruption, and gives the name Griffin only later. His hidden face and unexplained equipment quickly make him the village's central mystery.

First appears in chapter 3

The practical proprietor of the Coach and Horses inn in Iping. She accepts Griffin as a guest because he pays well, but his secrecy, damage to her rooms, and refusal to settle his bill steadily overcome her initial hospitality.

First appears in chapter 3

A local tramp whom Griffin corners and recruits as a visible helper. Frightened by the unseen man and burdened with his books and stolen money, Marvel looks for a chance to escape the arrangement.

First appears in chapter 3

A physician and former university acquaintance of Griffin who is startled when an injured invisible man enters his home. Griffin expects his scientific training and past friendship to make him a useful confidant.

First appears in chapter 3

The chief constable at Port Burdock. Kemp turns to him when Griffin's plans become a public threat, and Adye organizes the effort to contain a fugitive whom ordinary searches can barely detect.

First appears in chapter 3

Iping's constable, summoned to arrest the mysterious guest at the Coach and Horses. He persists even after Griffin removes his disguises and reveals that there is no visible body beneath them.