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ОглавлениеThe 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 |
