Cities, nations, civilization, progress-it's all over. That game's up. We're beat.' One of the most important and influential invasion narratives ever written, The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians, who land in Woking, and make their way remorselessly towards the capital,
The War Of The Worlds
β Scribed by Wells, Herbert George
- Book ID
- 110493476
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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