The War of the Worlds

by Wells, H. G.

• ISBN13: 9780486295060
• ISBN10: 0486295060
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-10
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

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

Author Biography

A pioneer of science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) wrote thrilling adventures about time travel, space exploration, alien invasion, and scientific experiments gone awry. His tales of obsession, revelation, and discovery remain compellingly readable and relevant.

Table of Contents

Book I The Coming of the Martians
The Eve of the War	1	(5)
The Falling-Star	6	(3)
On Horsell Common	9	(3)
The Cylinder Opens	12	(3)
The Heat-Ray	15	(3)
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road	18	(3)
How I Reached Home	21	(3)
Friday Night	24	(2)
The Fighting Begins	26	(5)
In the Storm	31	(6)
At the Window	37	(4)
What I saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton	41	(10)
How I fell in with the Curate	51	(4)
In London	55	(10)
What had happened in Surrey	65	(6)
The Exodus from London	71	(11)
The ``Thunder Child''	82	(9)
Book II The Earth under the Martians
Under Foot	91	(6)
What we saw from the ruined House	97	(8)
The Days of Imprisonment	105	(4)
The Death of the Curate	109	(4)
The Stillness	113	(2)
The Work of Fifteen Days	115	(3)
The Man on Putney Hill	118	(13)
Dead London	131	(7)
Wreckage	138	(4)
The Epilogue	142