# La guerre des mondes

By H. G. Wells.

"La guerre des mondes" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel written between 1895 and 1897. When Martians launch an invasion of Earth with devastating heat rays and towering war machines, humanity faces extinction at the hands of a vastly superior alien intelligence. An unnamed narrator struggles to survive as Southern England falls to the merciless invaders, witnessing the collapse of civilization and searching desperately for his wife amid the chaos and destruction. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Illustrator: Alvim Corrêa
- Translator: Henry-D. Davray
- Subjects: Science fiction; War stories; Martians -- Fiction; Mars (Planet) -- Fiction; Space warfare -- Fiction; Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction; Life on other planets -- Fiction

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