{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-worlds-9781835622841","title":"The War of the Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new dark collectable edition of H.G. Wells's timeless, classic adventure with a new introduction. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful, delightful new edition. Cylinders land on earth and the invaders, from Mars, with their huge, round bodies and tentacles, start to vaporize the people of Earth. Houses, towns and cities are soon destroyed in a spiral of violence, creating civil panic and mass evacuations before a foul black smoke is released by the aggressive alien force. But the fightback must begin, and it comes from an unexpected quarter. H.G. Wells' classic tale of invasion has stirred our imagination for over a hundred years. Its intense mix of realism and fantasy continues to prick at anyone interested in a great adventure story by a master storyteller. This gorgeous collectable classic includes the short story 'A Dream of Armageddon' and another tale of Wells' seminal early science fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe First Men in the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLittle treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert George Wells\u003c\/b\u003e (1866-1946). Novelist, journalist, social reformer and historian H.G. Wells was one of the greatest science fiction writers. With Aldous Huxley and, later, George Orwell, he defined the adventurous, social concern of early speculative fiction where the human condition was played out on a greater stage. Wells created over fifty novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmelyne Godfrey\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is Chairperson of the H.G. Wells Society. She is author of \u003ci\u003eFemininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eMasculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). In 2014 she edited \u003ci\u003eThe Convert\u003c\/i\u003e, the first suffragette novel, originally published in 1907. Most recently, she was editor of \u003ci\u003eUtopias and Dystopias in the Fiction of H.G. Wells and William Morris\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flame Tree Collectable Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500529221906,"sku":"9781835622841","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b800fcf2-eba9-43df-86dc-9aebc5c5adeb.jpg?v=1768304279","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-worlds-9781835622841","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}