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 Six: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham
Road
Chapter Twelve: What I Saw of the
Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
Book Two: The Earth Under The Martians
Chapter Two: What We Saw From The Ruined
House
Chapter Four: The Death Of The Curate
Chapter Six: The Work Of Fifteen Days
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