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The World Set Free

The World Set Free

by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

BookID: 1059

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

War storiesImaginary wars and battles -- FictionNuclear warfare -- Fiction

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"The World Set Free" by H. G. Wells is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914. Wells envisions a devastating future war in 1956 where both sides wield atomic bombs—crude but continuously burning weapons that leave battlefields radioactive for years. As civilization collapses under nuclear destruction, humanity faces a choice: descend into barbarism or unite under a world government. The novel explores how uncontrolled atomic energy forces mankind to abandon the nation-state system and embrace global cooperation to survive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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