The War of the Worlds
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 August 2017
- ISBN 9780198702641
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 199x148x13 mm
- Weight 170 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 maps 340
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Short description:
In The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells invented the myth of invasion from outer space. Martians land near London, conquering all before them, and ruin the metropolis; the fate of civilization and even of the human race remains in doubt until the very last.
MoreLong description:
'Cities, nations, civilization, progress-it's all over. That game's up. We're beat.'
One of the most important and influential invasion narratives ever written, The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians, who land in Woking, and make their way remorselessly towards the capital, wreaking chaos, death, and destruction. The novel is closely associated with anxiety about a possible invasion of Great Britain at the turn of the century, and concerns about imperial expansion and its impact, and it drew on the latest astronomical knowledge to imagine a desert planet, Mars, turning to Earth for its future. The Martians are also evolutionarily superior to mankind.
An interesting and informative foreword and notes by Darryl Jones... I highly recommend these OWC editions -- I find the forewords, without being overly long, pack in a lot of information and add a huge amount to my appreciation of the books.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of H. G. Wells
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Explanatory Notes
The Handbook of World Englishes
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