The War of the Worlds

BOOK ONE The Coming of The Martians

I The Eve of The War 3

II The Falling Star 9

III On Horsell Common 13

IV The Cylinder Opens 17

V The Heat-Ray 21

VI The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road 25

VII How I Reached Home 29

VIII Friday Night 33

IX The Fighting Begins 37

X In The Storm 43

XI At The Window 49

XII What I Saw of The Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton 55

XIII How I Fell In With the Curate 65

XIV In London 71

XV What Had Happened In Surrey 81

XVI The Exodus From London 89

XVII The “Thunder Child” 101

BOOK TWO The Earth Under The Martians

I Under Foot 111

II What We Saw From the Ruined House 119

III The Days of Imprisonment 127

IV The Death of The Curate 133

V The Stillness 139

VI The Work of Fifteen Days 143

VII The Man on Putney Hill 147

VIII Dead London 161

IX Wreckage 169

X The Epilogue 175