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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells • 1898
The Martian invasion that invented the alien invasion, and the earliest one still reads as a refugee story.
Ebook length
4 hr 27 min
Audiobook chapters
27 chapters
Ebook pages
196
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About this ebook
Read H. G. Wells' complete novel and listen to all twenty-seven chapters across both books, from Horsell Common to the epilogue.
The War of the Worlds is presented here with 27 separate audio chapters, preserving the structure of the original work rather than combining the book into one track.
Readers can move between the ebook source and the AI-narrated audio, making this public-domain edition easy to read, sample, and continue by chapter.
Why readers love it
- It is a recognized public-domain work with lasting literary and cultural value.
- Its chapter structure works naturally for focused listening.
- The read-and-listen format makes it easy to revisit scenes, ideas, and language at your own pace.
What the opening chapters do
The War of the Worlds opens in the distinctive voice and setting that made H. G. Wells's work endure.
The complete narration follows the cleaned Project Gutenberg text, without its catalog header, table of contents, or license footer.
Key themes
These themes help readers understand what keeps the book alive: the recurring ideas, tensions, and emotions that define its appeal.
Frequently asked questions
Is The War of the Worlds available as a complete audiobook here?
Yes. This page includes the complete cleaned narration in 27 audio chapters.
Where does the ebook text come from?
The source is the linked Project Gutenberg edition. Its catalog header, contents page, and license footer are excluded from the narration.
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