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    The War of the Worlds

    by Wells, H.G.

    They came form outer space–Mars, to be exact. With deadly heat-rays and giant fighting machine they want to conquer Earth and keep humans as their slaves. Nothing seems to stop them as they spread terror and death across the planet. It is the start of the most important war in Earth’s history. And Earth will never be the same.

    This story has all 27 chapters featured on this site, containing a total of 60,057 words.

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    1. 1. The Eve of the War
      2,215 Words
    2. 2. The Falling Star
      1,338 Words
    3. 3. On Horsell Common
      1,012 Words
    4. 4. The Cylinder Opens
      1,116 Words
    5. 5. The Heat-Ray
      1,484 Words
    7. 6. The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
      829 Words
    8. 7. How I Reached Home
      1,314 Words
    9. 8. Friday Night
      972 Words
    10. 9. The Fighting Begins
      2,121 Words
    11. 10. In the Storm
      2,252 Words
    12. 11. At the Window
      2,027 Words
    13. 12. What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
      3,831 Words
    14. 13. How I Fell in with the Curate
      1,771 Words
    15. 14. In London
      3,728 Words
    16. 15. What Had Happened in Surrey
      2,807 Words
    17. 16. The Exodus from London
      4,386 Words
    18. 17. The Thunder Child
      3,276 Words
    1. 1. Under Foot
      2,597 Words
    2. 2. What We Saw from the Ruined House
      3,292 Words
    3. 3. The Days of Imprisonment
      1,937 Words
    4. 4. The Death of the Curate
      1,606 Words
    5. 5. The Stillness
      958 Words
    6. 6. The Work of Fifteen Days
      1,247 Words
    7. 7. The Man on Putney Hill
      5,565 Words
    8. 8. Dead London
      3,091 Words
    9. 9. Wreckage
      1,837 Words
    10. The Epilogue
      1,374 Words
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