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The War of the Worlds

By Herbert George Wells

The War of the Worlds Contemporary literature

The War of the Worlds

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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother who escapes to Tillingham in Essex as London and Southern England are invaded by Martians. It is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.
The plot is similar to other works of invasion literature from the same period and has been variously interpreted as a commentary on the theory of evolution, imperialism, and Victorian era fears, superstitions and prejudices. Wells later noted that inspiration for the plot was the catastrophic effect of European colonisation on the Aboriginal Tasmanians. Some historians have argued that Wells wrote the book to encourage his readership to question the morality of imperialism.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2025-07-21
Publication Date:
2025-07-21
Publisher:
Seven Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
940382199X
ISBN13:
9789403821993
Weight:
372 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
215 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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