The War of the Worlds (Version 5)

H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel’s hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. (Summary by Cliff Stone)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Eve of War Cliff Stone
00:14:57
Play 02 The Falling Star Cliff Stone
00:08:36
Play 03 On Horsell Common Cliff Stone
00:06:30
Play 04 The Cylinder Opens Cliff Stone
00:07:29
Play 05 The Heat-Ray Cliff Stone
00:09:26
Play 06 The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road Cliff Stone
00:05:29
Play 07 How I Reached Home Cliff Stone
00:08:27
Play 08 Friday Night Cliff Stone
00:06:27
Play 09 The Fighting Begins Cliff Stone
00:12:38
Play 10 In the Storm Cliff Stone
00:14:13
Play 11 At the Window Cliff Stone
00:13:17
Play 12 What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton Cliff Stone
00:24:44
Play 13 How I Fell in with the Curate Cliff Stone
00:11:49
Play 14 In London Cliff Stone
00:24:20
Play 15 What had happened in Surrey Cliff Stone
00:18:17
Play 16 The Exodus from London Cliff Stone
00:26:04
Play 17 The "Thunder Child" Cliff Stone
00:20:31
Play 18 Under Foot Cliff Stone
00:16:27
Play 19 What we saw from the Ruined House Cliff Stone
00:22:25
Play 20 The Days of Imprisonment Cliff Stone
00:12:42
Play 21 The Death of the Curate Cliff Stone
00:10:55
Play 22 The Stillness Cliff Stone
00:06:34
Play 23 The Work of Fifteen Days Cliff Stone
00:08:20
Play 24 The Man on Putney Hill Cliff Stone
00:36:08
Play 25 Dead London Cliff Stone
00:21:09
Play 26 Wreckage Cliff Stone
00:12:18
Play 27 The Epilogue Cliff Stone
00:09:09