The War of the Worlds
The first-person narrative of the Martian invasion of 19th-century Earth.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1897
Latest release
Jul 28, 2026
Pages
222
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Book I
- I. The Eve of the War
- II. The Falling Star
- III. The Cylinder
- 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
- 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 II: 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
- Epilogue