The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel written by H.G. Wells and first published in 1898. It tells the story of an invasion of Earth by Martians who arrive in giant, three-legged machines and use heat rays and other advanced weapons to attack humanity. The novel is set in Victorian England and is narrated by an unnamed man who witnesses the invasion firsthand. The story opens with the narrator describing the strange and unsettling events that begin to unfold in his quiet English ...

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London.

A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells first published by Cassell and Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book is 344 pages in total, summarising the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and...

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel that was first published in 1895. The story follows an unnamed Time Traveller who builds a machine that can transport him through time. He travels to the year 802,701 AD where he encounters two distinct species of human-like creatures, the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are childlike and peaceful, living above ground in a utopian society, while the Morlocks are savage and cannibalistic, living underground in darkness. Wells uses h...

Moby-Dick; is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851.It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.

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One of the most renowned works of science fiction, The Time Machine reflects on the adventures of The Time Traveller-a man who constructs a machine which allows him to explore what the future has to offer. As he travels to as far as 802,701 AD, The Time Traveller encounters a world dominated by two types of creatures- beautiful and fragile Eloi and repulsive and brutal Morlocks. His journey then turns quickly from a series of observations into a dangerous quest to return back home, as he r...

After a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean, Edward Prendick finds himself at the island that belongs to Dr. Moreau, an infamous London scientist who fled England after it had been revealed to public that he conducted cruel experiments on live animals. Only a day goes by, but Prendick already grows concerned about the island and his owner, when, forced out of the house by the cries of a tortured puma, he is attacked by an appalling creature. A day later Prendick, haunted by questions, ...

Pure Narration EditionThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Read in full. Every word as written.In the final years of the nineteenth century, something is watching us from across the void of space. Intelligences vast, cool, and utterly without mercy. And they are coming.This is the complete and unabridged text of Wells's most devastating novel — the story of a Martian invasion of southern England, told by a single witness trying to make sen...

Pure Narration EditionThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Read in full. Every word as written.In the final years of the nineteenth century, something is watching us from across the void of space. Intelligences vast, cool, and utterly without mercy. And they are coming.This is the complete and unabridged text of Wells's most devastating novel — the story of a Martian invasion of southern England, told by a single witness trying to make sen...

Pure Narration EditionThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Read in full. Every word as written.In the final years of the nineteenth century, something is watching us from across the void of space. Intelligences vast, cool, and utterly without mercy. And they are coming.This is the complete and unabridged text of Wells's most devastating novel — the story of a Martian invasion of southern England, told by a single witness trying to make sen...

Pure Narration EditionThe War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Read in full. Every word as written.In the final years of the nineteenth century, something is watching us from across the void of space. Intelligences vast, cool, and utterly without mercy. And they are coming.This is the complete and unabridged text of Wells's most devastating novel — the story of a Martian invasion of southern England, told by a single witness trying to make sen...