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The War of the Worlds

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6h 47m
English
ISBN: 978-1-98718-867-7

Description

Set against the context of the Late Victorian period H.G Wells's narrative of a Martian invasion of Earth creates a powerful and frightening juxtaposition of the past and the future.

Ultimately, the story leaves us pondering the human race's place in the universe amidst an exciting tale of adventure that never loses its capacity to shock

Tracks
  1. Opening Credits
  2. Book 1: The Coming of the Martians | Chapter 1: The Eve of the War
  3. Chapter 2: The Falling Star
  4. Chapter 3: On Horsell Common
  5. Chapter 4: The Cylinder Opens
  6. Chapter 5: The Heat-Ray
  7. Chapter 6: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
  8. Chapter 7: How I Reached Home
  9. Chapter 8: Friday Night
  10. Chapter 9: The Fighting Begins
  11. Chapter 10: In the Storm
  12. Chapter 11: At the Window
  13. Chapter 12: What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
  14. Chapter 13: How I Fell In with the Curate
  15. Chapter 14: In London
  16. Chapter 15: What Had Happened in Surrey
  17. Book1 Chapter 16
  18. Chapter 17: The "Thunder" Child
  19. Book 2: The Earth Under the Martians | Chapter 1: Under Foot
  20. Chapter 2: What We Saw from the Ruined House
  21. Chapter 3: The Days of Imprisonment
  22. Chapter 4: The Death of the Curate
  23. Chapter 5: The Stillness
  24. Chapter 6: The Work of Fifteen Days
  25. Chapter 7: The Man on Putney Hill
  26. Chapter 8: Dead London
  27. Chapter 9: Wreckage
  28. Chapter 10: The Epilogue
  29. Closing Credits
In This Series

H.G. Wells Collection

Selected Short Stories
The Island of Dr Moreau
Kipps
The History of Mr Polly
The First Men in the Moon
The Invisible Man