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The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells · 1898

Original text in English.

Cylinders fall on the outskirts of London, and what emerges from them does not negotiate.

Novel · 28 parts · about 60 000 words · about 4 h 20 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min

BOOK ONE THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS

  1. ITHE EVE OF THE WAR10 min
  2. IITHE FALLING STAR6 min
  3. IIION HORSELL COMMON4 min
  4. IVTHE CYLINDER OPENS5 min
  5. VTHE HEAT-RAY6 min
  6. VITHE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD4 min
  7. VIIHOW I REACHED HOME6 min
  8. VIIIFRIDAY NIGHT4 min
  9. IXTHE FIGHTING BEGINS9 min
  10. XIN THE STORM10 min
  11. XIAT THE WINDOW9 min
  12. XIIWHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON17 min
  13. XIIIHOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE8 min
  14. XIVIN LONDON16 min
  15. XVWHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY12 min
  16. XVITHE EXODUS FROM LONDON19 min
  17. XVIITHE “THUNDER CHILD”14 min

BOOK TWO THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS

  1. IUNDER FOOT11 min
  2. IIWHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE14 min
  3. IIITHE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT8 min
  4. IVTHE DEATH OF THE CURATE7 min
  5. VTHE STILLNESS4 min
  6. VITHE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS5 min
  7. VIITHE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL24 min
  8. VIIIDEAD LONDON13 min
  9. IXWRECKAGE8 min
  10. XTHE EPILOGUE6 min

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H. G. Wells († 1946): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 36). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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