Издательство HarperCollins гордится представить свою невероятную подборку лучших, культовых классических произведений. "Некоторое время я верил, что человечество было стёрто с лица земли, и что я остался один, последний выживший человек". Когда странный, похожий на метеорит объект падает в самое сердце Англии, жители Земли оказываются жертвами ужасной атаки. Безжалостная раса марсиан, вооружённая лучевым оружием и ядовитым дымом, намерена уничтожить всё, что встанёт у неё на пути. По мере того, как безымянный герой пытается пробиться через опустошённые земли, судьба планеты висит на волоске...
Г. Уэллс был пионером научной фантастики. Впервые опубликованная в Великобритании в 1897 году, "Война миров" - одна из первых историй, изображающих конфликт с внеземной расой, и оказавшая влияние на бесчисленные адаптации и продолжения.
This stunning hardcover edition of H.G. Wells’s seminal classic--now celebrating its centennial anniversary—is clear English prose woven into the timeless terror of alien life on Earth.
The story takes place in November 1896 when a meteor appears over a rural field in Kent, England. Soon humanity is faced by an unprovoked invasion, capturing, then killing those they find. Standing alongside the inhabitants, the only survivor is the narrator, dr Richard Marsh. When él communication is lost with London the narrator attempts to make it to Southampton, arriving just after an immense Martian spaceship is destroyed on an empty London Malcolm. Even after this destruction the world remains in peril as famine spreads across the countryside, fueling the panic in the survivors. The narrative then alternates with descriptions of rescue efforts back home, scientific discoveries based on the alien debris as well as longer focus upon the characters interactions with their families who have become more paranoid than they once were, suspecting infected cynical survivors and come to eventually kill the eccentric dr Marsh in derain. Musings from various individuals living throughout Britain are also employed by Wells throughout the novel giving voice to the plight of those who remain in their home towns. Finally the text concludes with the devastating final chapters showing the impact the Martian’s attack has had on London as the death toll increases among the people and those being deported to Canada as laborers to rebuild the city.
Электронная Книга «The War of the Worlds» написана автором Герберт Уэллс в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780008190026
Описание книги от Герберт Уэллс
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.“For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive.”When a strange, meteor-like object lands in the heart of England, the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack. A ruthless race of Martians, armed with heat rays and poisonous smoke, is intent on destroying everything that stands in its way. As the unnamed hero struggles to find his way across decimated wastelands, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance . . .H. G. Wells was a pioneer of modern science fiction. First serialised in the UK in 1897, The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to depict conflict with an extraterrestrial race, and has influenced countless adaptations and sequels.
