The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
‘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. THE EPILOGUE. |