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Tables of Contents for The War of the Worlds
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Note on the Author and Editor
vii
Note on the Text
ix
Chronology of Wells's Life and Times
x
Introduction
xxix
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
BOOK I: THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
The Eve of the War
5
6
The Falling-Star
11
4
On Horsell Common
15
3
The Cylinder Opens
18
3
The Heat-Ray
21
4
The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
25
3
How I Reached Home
28
4
Friday Night
32
3
The Fighting Begins
35
6
In the Storm
41
6
At the Window
47
5
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
52
10
How I Fell in with the Curate
62
5
In London
67
10
What Had Happened in Surrey
77
8
The Exodus from London
85
12
The `Thunder Child'
97
12
BOOK II: THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS
Under Foot
109
7
What We Saw from the Ruined House
116
9
The Days of Imprisonment
125
5
The Death of the Curate
130
5
The Stillness
135
3
The Work of Fifteen Days
138
4
The Man on Putney Hill
142
14
Dead London
156
8
Wreckage
164
5
The Epilogue
169
4
H.G. Wells and His Critics
173
11
Suggestions for Further Reading
184
1
Text Summary
185
4
Acknowledgements
189