The War of the Worlds
by
H. G. Wells
[1898]
But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be
inhabited? . . . Are we or they Lords of the
World? . . . And how are all things made for man?--
KEPLER (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy)
Contents
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 - Epilogue
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