The World Set Free (1914)
by Herbert George Wells
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THE WORLD
SET FREE


H.G. WELLS

THE

WORLD SET FREE

A STORY OF MANKIND


BY
H. G. WELLS


E.P. Dutton Printer's Mark
E.P. Dutton Printer's Mark


NEW YORK
E·P·DUTTON & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914
By H. G. Wells

Printed in the United States of America

TO
FREDERICK SODDY'S
INTERPRETATION OF RADIUM
THIS STORY
WHICH OWES LONG PASSAGES
TO HIS ELEVENTH CHAPTER
ACKNOWLEDGES AND INSCRIBES ITSELF

CONTENTS

PRELUDE
PAGE
The Sun Snarers 11
CHAPTER THE FIRST
The New Source of Energy 40
CHAPTER THE SECOND
The Last War 89
CHAPTER THE THIRD
The Ending of the War 149
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
The New Phase 210
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
The Last Days of Marcus Karenin 265

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