The War of the Worlds (Version 4)
H. G. Wells
Read by johnnyenglish
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)
Chapters
The Eve of the War | 15:07 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Falling Star | 8:46 | Read by johnnyenglish |
On Horsell Common | 6:42 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Cylinder Opens | 7:39 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Heat-Ray | 10:00 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road | 5:48 | Read by johnnyenglish |
How I Reached Home | 8:17 | Read by johnnyenglish |
Friday Night | 6:09 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Fighting Begins | 12:01 | Read by johnnyenglish |
In the Storm | 13:33 | Read by johnnyenglish |
At the Window | 12:08 | Read by johnnyenglish |
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton | 22:14 | Read by johnnyenglish |
How I Fell in with the Curate | 11:06 | Read by johnnyenglish |
In London | 22:25 | Read by johnnyenglish |
What had Happened in Surrey | 15:36 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Exodus from London | 23:03 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Thunder Child | 19:18 | Read by johnnyenglish |
Under Foot | 14:10 | Read by johnnyenglish |
What We saw from the Ruined House | 19:00 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Days of Imprisonment | 10:54 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Death of the Curate | 9:22 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Stillness | 5:48 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Work of Fifteen Days | 7:22 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Man on Putney Hill | 30:01 | Read by johnnyenglish |
Dead London | 18:51 | Read by johnnyenglish |
Wreckage | 10:27 | Read by johnnyenglish |
The Epilogue | 8:08 | Read by johnnyenglish |
Reviews
Very good reading. Especially the voice of women.
ClanMan