Screen LibraryThe war of the worlds /
"The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. The novel's hero is trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the d...
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Vintage Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©1898 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Vintage classics edition. |
| Series: |
Vintage classics
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"The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. The novel's hero is trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, when he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 1938 radio drama and subsequently by many filmmakers, H. G. Wells's timeless story shows no sign of losing its grip on readers' imaginations."-- |
| Item Description: | Originally published by Penguin Books, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 1898.--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 174 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780525564164 0525564160 |
| Index Number: | PR5774 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
| Call Number: | I561.45/W456 |