The War of the Worlds (Version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The War of the Worlds (Version 3), credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The War of the Worlds (Version 3) by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Cori Samuel No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinised and studied from across the gulf of space. With infinite complacency, humanity went about its little affairs, serene in its assurance of its empire over matter. It is possible that the micro-organisms we watch under a microscope, do the same. Few people gave thought to the idea of life on other planets, and none imagined that it could be so vastly superior in intellect to ourselves. No one considered the possibility of extra-terrestrial danger. Yet the eyes that regarded our planet were envious and unsympathetic, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. (Cori Samuel, adapted from Chapter One.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The War of the Worlds (Version 3)
• Author credits: H. G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 6:54:22

Catalogue topics

• martians
• invasion
• aliens
• surrey
• horsell common
• woking
• maybury hill

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - The Eve of the War — 16:47
2. 02 - The Falling Star — 9:11
3. 03 - On Horsell Common — 6:52
4. 04 - The Cylinder Opens — 8:23
5. 05 - The Heat-ray — 10:53
6. 06 - The Heat-ray in the Chobham Road — 5:56
7. 07 - How I Reached Home — 9:24
8. 08 - Friday Night — 6:42
9. 09 - The Fighting Begins — 13:17
10. 10 - In the Storm — 14:50
11. 11 - At the Window — 13:34
12. 12 - What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton — 25:45
13. 13 - How I Fell In with the Curate — 12:22
14. 14 - In London — 25:13
15. 15 - What Had Happened in Surrey — 19:07
16. 16 - The Exodus from London — 28:24
17. 17 - The 'Thunder Child' — 22:31
18. 18 - Under Foot — 17:09
19. 19 - What We Saw from the Ruined House — 23:16
20. 20 - The Days of Imprisonment — 13:28
21. 21 - The Death of the Curate — 11:28
22. 22 - The Stillness — 6:51
23. 23 - The Work of Fifteen Days — 8:39
24. 24 - The Man on Putney Hill — 38:24

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