E-audiobook
The war of the worlds [electronic resource]. H.G Wells.
Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds has done much to obscure the real brilliance of the original work. Written at a time when "science-fiction" did not exist as a genre, The War of the Worlds was a new departure in literature. Author H.G. Wells, deeply committed to social improvement in turn-of-the-century Britain, used extra-terrestrial invasion to predict the results of a not-entirely-impossible violent upheaval in contemporary society: for "Martians" read "bolsheviks." His book is social prophecy of the first order and only coincidentally one of the great works of science-fiction.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781449881696 (sound recording)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books Inc., 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Alexander Spencer. |
| Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 1 - Text Difficulty 2 490 Lexile. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 197713 KB). |
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| Subject: | Fiction. Classic Literature. Horror. Science Fiction. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
