 "The Invisible Girl" is one of several Gothic tales that Mary Shelley published in "The Keepsake".Others include "Ferdinando Eboli" (1829), "The Evil Eye" (1830), "Transformation" (1831), "The Dream" (1833), and "The Mortal Immortal" (1834).Although the tale does not involve real supernatural phenomena, it includes a number of motifs characteristic of Gothic fiction, including a tyrannical guardian, a persecuted heroine, and a ghost story.