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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