Victorian Age novel fiction H.G. wells.

1. THE WAR OF THE
WORLDS
by
H.G. Wells Presented By:
Havin Essa
Israa Shewkat
Kasar Yousif
Gashbin Sabir
Lecturer: Dr. Chiad Abdulkarim

2. contents
Introduction
Plot Summary
Setting
Themes
Characters

3. H. G. Wells
• His full name is Herbert Gourge Wells.
• Born 21 of September, 1866 in Kent, England.
• Died 13 of Augest 1946 in London.
• English novelist, Journalist, Sociologist and historian.
• He works as a draper’s Assistant
• During college he published a short story about time
travel (The chronic Argonauts)
• In 1891 Wells married his cousin Isabel Marry Wells
• Wells married with Amy Catherine “Jane” 1895

4. Introduction
• The War of The Worlds is a science fiction Novel Published in
1898.
• The Novel is the event of a Martian Invasion.
• The Novel is the earliest stories to detail a conflict between
mankind and an extra terrestrial race

5. Plot summary
Book I THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
The story begins in an astronomical observatory at Ottershaw.
Explosions are seen on the surface of the planet Mars
strange cylinders crashing into the English countryside.
The British military arrives
Narrator takes his wife to safety in nearby Leatherhead
Tripods (Black Smoke)
An Exodus Population (London) begins including (Narrator’s Brother)

6. The Martians
Popular images to depict a Martian invasion

8. Book II
THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS.
 The narrator and the curate searching houses for food.
A Fifth Cylinder lands
The Marians steal the Curate’s body
London is deserted
The Marians are dead
The Narrator is worried about another attackkk

9. Setting
• Country: Woking, Weybridge, Shepperton, Putney Hill, London,
United Kingdom.
• Time (period): in the late 1890s.
• Language: English
• Genre: Novel, Scientific romance, Science fiction
• Publisher: William Heinemann (UK) Harper & Bros (US)
• Originally Publication date 1897
• Pages: 287

10. Themes
1. The strength of Nature
2. Imperialism
3. Social Darwinisim and Evolution
4. Fear of Invasion
5. The Weakness of Religion
6. Scientific Discovery
7. Collapse of Society

11. Characters
• The Narrator
• The Martians
• The Artilleryman
• The Curate
• The Narrator's Brother
• The Narrator’s Wife
• Ogilvy
• Henderson
• Landlord
• The Elphinstone Ladies