The War of the Worlds

By H. G. Wells

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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)

Book One: The Coming Of The Martians

Chapter One: The Eve of The War

Chapter Two: The Falling Star

Chapter Three: On Horsell Common

Chapter Four: The Cylinder Opens

Chapter Five: The Heat-Ray

Chapter Six: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road

Chapter Seven: How I Reached Home

Chapter Eight: Friday Night

Chapter Nine: The Fighting Begins

Chapter Ten: In The Storm

Chapter Eleven: At The Window

Chapter Twelve: What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton

Chapter Thirteen: How I Fell In With the Curate

Chapter Fourteen: In London

Chapter Fifteen: What Had Happened In Surrey

Chapter Sixteen: The Exodus From London

Chapter Seventeen: The "Thunder Child"

Book Two: The Earth Under The Martians

Chapter One: Under Foot

Chapter Two: What We Saw From The Ruined House

Chapter Three: The Days Of Imprisonment

Chapter Four: The Death Of The Curate

Chapter Five: The Stillness

Chapter Six: The Work Of Fifteen Days

Chapter Seven: The Man On Putney Hill

Chapter Eight: Dead London

Chapter Nine: Wreckage

Chapter Ten: The Epliogue


Publication Notes

The War of the Worlds was written by Herbert George Wells and was originally published in 1898. This electronic edition (1.0) was published in June, 1993.

The text for this electronic edition was acquired and formatted by Espen Koht. The stack design and programming are by Matthew Williams.

Html version formatted by Marco Falcioni, Syracuse University 1994