The War of the Worlds (Version 4) by H. G. Wells · Lina

The Fighting Begins

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The narrator hears gunfire, then a crash that shakes the ground as the Oriental College bursts into flame and a church tower collapses.

The narrator describes a tense Saturday as the British military surrounds the Martian pit on Woking Common. After anxious waiting and conversations with soldiers and neighbors, the battle erupts violently when the Martians use their heat ray to destroy the Oriental College and surrounding area, forcing the narrator and his wife to flee their home.

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