The War of the Worlds

Description

Product ID:	9780141199047
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	The Penguin English Library
Title:	The War of the Worlds
Authors:	Author: H. G. Wells
Page Count:	208
Subjects:	Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating Naive suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. *The Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds* by H. G. Wells ''Death!'' I shouted. ''Death is coming! Death!''** In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World''s journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2012-04-26

Weight	158 g
Dimensions	198 × 126 × 8 mm