The war of the worlds
BOOK ONE.—THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS · 1/28
The war of the worlds
BOOK ONE.—THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
1/ The War of the Worlds by H. 2Wells ‘But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? . . . 3Are we or they Lords of the World? . . . 4And how are all things made for man?’ 5KEPLER (quoted in _The Anatomy of Melancholy_) Contents I. 6THE EVE OF THE WAR. 7II. 8THE FALLING STAR. 9III. 10ON HORSELL COMMON. 11IV. 12THE CYLINDER OPENS. 13THE HEAT-RAY. 14VI. 15THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD. 16VII. 17HOW I REACHED HOME. 18VIII. 19FRIDAY NIGHT. 20IX. 21THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 22IN THE STORM. 23XI. 24AT THE WINDOW. 25XII. 26WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON. 27XIII. 28HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE. 29XIV. 30IN LONDON. 31XV. 32WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY. 33XVI. 34THE EXODUS FROM LONDON. 35XVII. 36THE “THUNDER CHILD”.
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