The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

47,593 words · 23 hours of dictionary work — included · read it in about half the time

Wells's great invasion story: cylinders from Mars fall on quiet Surrey, and the heat-ray, the black smoke, and the tripod machines bring an empire to its knees in a week. Read it as written, every Victorian and scientific word explained where it stands.

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