The war of the worlds., Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Type
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The war of the worlds., Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The war of the worlds.
Oclc number
1283550
Responsibility statement
Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Series statement
Looking Glass Library, 21
Summary
A suspenseful account of the experiences of a single man during the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894
Table Of Contents
pt. 1. The coming of the Martians: -- The eve of the war -- The falling star -- On Horsell Common -- The cylinder opens -- The heat-ray -- The heat-ray in the Chobham Road -- How I reached home -- Friday night -- The fighting begins -- In the storm -- At the window -- What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton -- How I fell in with the curate -- In London -- What had happened in Surrey -- The exodus from London -- The "thunder child."pt. 2. The earth under the Martians -- Under foot -- What we saw from the ruined house -- The days of imprisonment -- The death of the curate -- The stillness -- The work of fifteen days -- The man on Putney Hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage -- The epilogue
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Subject
- Space warfare + Comic books, strips, etc + Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Human-alien encounters + Comic books, strips, etc + Fiction
- Fiction
- Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
- War stories
- Science fiction
- Space warfare
- Space warfare -- Fiction
- Mars (Planet)
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
- Science fiction -- Young adult
- Martians + Fiction
- Science fiction
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- Space warfare + Comic books, strips, etc + Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Human-alien encounters + Comic books, strips, etc + Fiction
- Fiction
- Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
- War stories
- Science fiction
- Space warfare
- Space warfare -- Fiction
- Mars (Planet)
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction
- Science fiction -- Young adult
- Martians + Fiction
- Science fiction
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