The war of the worlds

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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 CYLIN...