The War of the Worlds (Version 4): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The War of the Worlds (Version 4) by H. G. Wells: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 27 original MP3 tracks, 5:53:55 running time and a link to listen.
The War of the Worlds (Version 4), credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The War of the Worlds (Version 4) by H. G. Wells. Read in English by johnnyenglish The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: The War of the Worlds (Version 4)
- Author credits: H. G. Wells
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 27
- Listed recording duration: 5:53:55
Catalogue topics
- martians
- invasion
- victorian england
Opening tracks: first 24 of 27
- 01 - The Eve of the War — 15:07
- 02 - The Falling Star — 8:46
- 03 - On Horsell Common — 6:42
- 04 - The Cylinder Opens — 7:39
- 05 - The Heat-Ray — 10:00
- 06 - The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road — 5:48
- 07 - How I Reached Home — 8:17
- 08 - Friday Night — 6:09
- 09 - The Fighting Begins — 12:01
- 10 - In the Storm — 13:33
- 11 - At the Window — 12:08
- 12 - What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton — 22:14
- 13 - How I Fell in with the Curate — 11:06
- 14 - In London — 22:25
- 15 - What had Happened in Surrey — 15:36
- 16 - The Exodus from London — 23:03
- 17 - The Thunder Child — 19:18
- 18 - Under Foot — 14:10
- 19 - What We saw from the Ruined House — 19:00
- 20 - The Days of Imprisonment — 10:54
- 21 - The Death of the Curate — 9:22
- 22 - The Stillness — 5:48
- 23 - The Work of Fifteen Days — 7:22
- 24 - The Man on Putney Hill — 30:01
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