The War of the WorldsH.G. Wells's hugely influential book tracks the exploits of a writer who struggles to survive an alien invasion of Victorian England. After seeing the monstrous Martians firsthand, the narrator attempts to evade their destructive mechanized vehicles and must stay on the run to avoid detection. As he meets other desperate humans, he becomes increasingly pessimistic about any chance of survival. The novel stands as a major milestone in science-fiction literature, inspiring legions of subsequent writers and an endless array of hostile-alien scenarios. |
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| Title | The War of the Worlds Collection of British and American authors Volume 3274 of Collection of British authors Volume 3274 of Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz ed |
| Author | Herbert George Wells |
| Publisher | B. Tauchnitz, 1898 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Sep 4, 2009 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › FICTION / General LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General LITERARY CRITICISM / General SCIENCE / General |
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