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The War of the Worlds 'He saw this one pursue a man and catch him up in one of its steely tentacles'
Warwick Goble1897
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
Illustration by Warwick Goble first published in Pearson's Magazine for H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. This image illustrates a scene from chapter 9, and is captioned 'He saw this one pursue a man and catch him up in one of its steely tentacles.'
The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest fictional works about an extraterrestrial invasion.
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- Title: The War of the Worlds 'He saw this one pursue a man and catch him up in one of its steely tentacles'
- Creator: H.G. Wells, Warwick Goble
- Date Created: 1897
- Location Created: London, United Kingdom
- Original Language: English
- Provenance: Bound together in a single volume by Graham Stone (1926-2013). Gifted to the University of Sydney Library by Graham Stone.
- Publisher: C. Arthur Pearson
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, Stone, Graham 016
- External Link: View the digitised version
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