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- English
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The War of the Worlds (Illustrated)
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This illustrated edition of "The War of the Worlds" includes:
Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race.
Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race.
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Table of contents
- The War of the Worlds
- BOOK ONE THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
- I. THE EVE OF THE WAR.
- II. THE FALLING STAR.
- III. ON HORSELL COMMON.
- IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS.
- V. THE HEAT-RAY.
- VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.
- VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
- VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT.
- IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.
- X. IN THE STORM.
- XI. AT THE WINDOW.
- XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.
- XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.
- XIV. IN LONDON.
- XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY.
- XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.
- XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”.
- BOOK TWO THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS.
- I. UNDER FOOT.
- II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE.
- III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT.
- IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE.
- V. THE STILLNESS.
- VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS.
- VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.
- VIII. DEAD LONDON.
- IX. WRECKAGE.
- X. THE EPILOGUE.