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9780460873031

The War of the Worlds

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  • ISBN13:

    9780460873031

  • ISBN10:

    0460873032

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-12-15
  • Publisher: Everyman
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Summary

The chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century -- a science fiction classic for all time.

Table of Contents

Note on the Author and Editor vii
Note on the Text ix
Chronology of Wells's Life and Times x
Introduction xxix
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
BOOK I: THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
The Eve of the War
5(6)
The Falling-Star
11(4)
On Horsell Common
15(3)
The Cylinder Opens
18(3)
The Heat-Ray
21(4)
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
25(3)
How I Reached Home
28(4)
Friday Night
32(3)
The Fighting Begins
35(6)
In the Storm
41(6)
At the Window
47(5)
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
52(10)
How I Fell in with the Curate
62(5)
In London
67(10)
What Had Happened in Surrey
77(8)
The Exodus from London
85(12)
The `Thunder Child'
97(12)
BOOK II: THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS
Under Foot
109(7)
What We Saw from the Ruined House
116(9)
The Days of Imprisonment
125(5)
The Death of the Curate
130(5)
The Stillness
135(3)
The Work of Fifteen Days
138(4)
The Man on Putney Hill
142(14)
Dead London
156(8)
Wreckage
164(5)
The Epilogue
169(4)
H.G. Wells and His Critics 173(11)
Suggestions for Further Reading 184(1)
Text Summary 185(4)
Acknowledgements 189

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