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The War of the Worlds
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Author:
Wells, H. G.
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Duke Classics
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Causing mass hysteria as listeners of its 1938 radio broadcast believed a Martian invasion of Earth really was taking place, H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds is perhaps the most famous novel of its genre. This 1898 story has spawned films, radio and television series and comic-book adaptions, and its popularity endures today.

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H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Duke Classics.

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H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Duke Classics.

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H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds. Duke Classics.

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H. G. Wells. The War of the Worlds. Duke Classics,

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