The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Tonight's sleepy story is the War of the Worlds by H.G Wells. This science fiction classic was first published in 1897. In this episode, the narrator witnesses the explosions on the surface of Mars, and then, the Thing lands on Horsell Common.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. Every week, I will read you |
| 0:17.1 | an old story to help you relax, put the stressful day behind you, and drift off to sleep. |
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| 1:19.2 | Okay, enough Rasmataz. |
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| 1:50.8 | Tonight, I will be reading The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. |
| 1:59.6 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 2:07.2 | Chapter 1. The Eve of the War No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century |
| 2:14.2 | that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater |
| 2:20.9 | than man's and yet as mortal as his own, that as men busied themselves about their various |
| 2:28.2 | concerns, they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope, |
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