THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
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)


BOOK ONE
THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS


1902 05 XX I. THE EVE OF THE WAR
1902 06 04 II. THE FALLING STAR
1902 06 04 III. ON HORSELL COMMON
1902 06 04 IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS
1902 06 04 V. THE HEAT-RAY
1902 06 04 VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD
1902 06 04 VII. HOW I REACHED HOME
1902 06 06 VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT
1902 06 07 IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS
1902 06 07 X. IN THE STORM
1902 06 08 XI. AT THE WINDOW
1902 06 08 XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON
1902 06 08 XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE
1902 06 09 XIV. IN LONDON
1902 06 09 XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY
1902 06 09 XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON
1902 06 11 XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”


BOOK TWO
THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS


1902 06 08 I. UNDER FOOT
1902 06 11 II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE
1902 06 11 III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT
1902 06 18 IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE
1902 06 23 V. THE STILLNESS
1902 06 23 VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS
1902 06 23 VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL
1902 06 23 VIII. DEAD LONDON
1902 06 24 IX. WRECKAGE
1902 06 24 X. THE EPILOGUE


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