The war of the worlds
"The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel written between 1895 and 1897. When Martians with superior intelligence and advanced weapons invade Earth, humanity faces extinction. The extraterrestrials emerge from metal cylinders, wielding devastating heat rays and toxic chemical weapons as they methodically destroy England's defenses. An unnamed narrator struggles to survive the carnage and reunite with his wife while civilization collapses around him. One of the earliest alien invasion stories, Wells's novel explores humanity's vulnerability against an unstoppable force. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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- 1The War of the Worlds1,900 字
- 2BOOK ONE THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS12,677 字
- 3II. THE FALLING STAR.7,377 字
- 4III. ON HORSELL COMMON.5,613 字
- 5IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS.6,282 字
- 6V. THE HEAT-RAY.8,220 字
- 7VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.4,753 字
- 8VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.7,238 字
- 9VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT.5,557 字
- 10IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.11,394 字
- 11X. IN THE STORM.12,154 字
- 12XI. AT THE WINDOW.10,943 字
- 13XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.21,568 字
- 14XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.9,988 字
- 15XIV. IN LONDON.21,916 字
- 16XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY.16,054 字
- 17XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.24,546 字
- 18XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”.18,845 字
- 19BOOK TWO THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS.14,309 字
- 20II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE.19,229 字
- 21III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT.10,832 字
- 22IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE.8,700 字
- 23V. THE STILLNESS.5,244 字
- 24VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS.6,840 字
- 25VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.30,261 字
- 26VIII. DEAD LONDON.16,988 字
- 27IX. WRECKAGE.10,139 字
- 28X. THE EPILOGUE.7,657 字