The War of the Worlds (Version 5)


Read by Cliff Stone

(4.7 stars; 34 reviews)

An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying 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. After the novel’s hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. (Summary by Cliff Stone) (6 hr 29 min)

Chapters

The Eve of War 14:57 Read by Cliff Stone
The Falling Star 8:36 Read by Cliff Stone
On Horsell Common 6:30 Read by Cliff Stone
The Cylinder Opens 7:29 Read by Cliff Stone
The Heat-Ray 9:26 Read by Cliff Stone
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road 5:29 Read by Cliff Stone
How I Reached Home 8:27 Read by Cliff Stone
Friday Night 6:27 Read by Cliff Stone
The Fighting Begins 12:38 Read by Cliff Stone
In the Storm 14:13 Read by Cliff Stone
At the Window 13:17 Read by Cliff Stone
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton 24:44 Read by Cliff Stone
How I Fell in with the Curate 11:49 Read by Cliff Stone
In London 24:20 Read by Cliff Stone
What had happened in Surrey 18:17 Read by Cliff Stone
The Exodus from London 26:04 Read by Cliff Stone
The "Thunder Child" 20:31 Read by Cliff Stone
Under Foot 16:27 Read by Cliff Stone
What we saw from the Ruined House 22:25 Read by Cliff Stone
The Days of Imprisonment 12:42 Read by Cliff Stone
The Death of the Curate 10:55 Read by Cliff Stone
The Stillness 6:34 Read by Cliff Stone
The Work of Fifteen Days 8:20 Read by Cliff Stone
The Man on Putney Hill 36:08 Read by Cliff Stone
Dead London 21:09 Read by Cliff Stone
Wreckage 12:18 Read by Cliff Stone
The Epilogue 9:09 Read by Cliff Stone

Reviews

Great Story


(5 stars)

An insightful look at the fundamental facts of human existence.