The War of the Worlds - Penguin English Library

The Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells'Death!' I shouted. 'Death is coming! Death!'In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

ISBN:	9780141199047
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	26 Apr 2012
DEWEY:	823.912
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	198
Weight:	158g
Height:	198mm
Width:	126mm
Spine width:	8mm

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