The War of the Worlds (Version 4)


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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. - Summary by Wikipedia (5 hr 53 min)

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The Eve of the War 15:07 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Falling Star 8:46 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
On Horsell Common 6:42 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Cylinder Opens 7:39 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Heat-Ray 10:00 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road 5:48 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
How I Reached Home 8:17 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
Friday Night 6:09 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Fighting Begins 12:01 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
In the Storm 13:33 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
At the Window 12:08 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton 22:14 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
How I Fell in with the Curate 11:06 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
In London 22:25 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
What had Happened in Surrey 15:36 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Exodus from London 23:03 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Thunder Child 19:18 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
Under Foot 14:10 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
What We saw from the Ruined House 19:00 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Days of Imprisonment 10:54 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Death of the Curate 9:22 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Stillness 5:48 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Work of Fifteen Days 7:22 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Man on Putney Hill 30:01 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
Dead London 18:51 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
Wreckage 10:27 Gelesen von johnnyenglish
The Epilogue 8:08 Gelesen von johnnyenglish

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Very good reading. Especially the voice of women.


(4 stars)