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Classic fiction and drama · Secondary / sixth form

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

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An invasion unsettles familiar confidence in human control and technological strength. Follow the narrator’s limited knowledge during the disruption, compare reports with observations, and examine how the story makes ordinary places strange while inviting questions about the experience of those usually treated as outsiders.

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