Herbert George Wells

The War of the Worlds

Table of Contents

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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

• The Eve Of The War
• The Falling Star
• On Horsell Common
• The Cylinder Opens
• The Heat-Ray
• The Heat-Ray In The Chobham Road
• How I Reached Home
• Friday Night
• The Fighting Begins
• In The Storm
• At The Window
• What I Saw Of The Destruction Of Weybridge And Shepperton
• How I Fell In With The Curate
• In London
• What Had Happened In Surrey
• The Exodus From London
• The "Thunder Child"

Book Two: The Earth Under The Martians

• Under Foot
• What We Saw From The Ruined House
• The Days Of Imprisonment
• The Death Of The Curate
• The Stillness
• The Work Of Fifteen Days
• The Man On Putney Hill
• Dead London
• Wreckage
• The Epilogue