{"product_id":"9780141199047","title":"The War of the Worlds","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: H.G. Wells\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 April 2012 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Penguin English Library' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 126 x 8mm | 158g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells'Death!' I shouted. 'Death is coming! Death!'In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H.G. Wells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153987612997,"sku":"9780141199047","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780141199047.jpg?v=1762273347","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780141199047","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}