First Russian Edition of H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
Borba mirov [The War of The Worlds]
Large octavo, 7 x 9.5 inches, 91 pages; covers worn, stamp of tsarist era Tbilisi High School and other library markings on title page, pages toned and brittle, one leaf detached but present.
Translation by K.K Tolstoy. Off-print from Novyi Zhurnal Innostrannoi Literatury, where the novel was printed serially earlier in 1898. Later in 1898 this translation was published by Novyi Zhurnal in a smaller, more conventional book format. At the end of 1898 a different translation was published in a different periodical and then in book format. WorldCat locates this translation only in the smaller format, a single copy in Poland.
War of the Worlds has possibly had more influence on Russian literature and culture than any other novel in the English language. At the time of the Revolution, Wells was among the most popular foreign writers in Russia -- second only to Verne. Planetary invasion is a perennial theme in Russian science fiction, with War of the Worlds firmly at the root.
Large octavo, 7 x 9.5 inches, 91 pages; covers worn, stamp of tsarist era Tbilisi High School and other library markings on title page, pages toned and brittle, one leaf detached but present.
Translation by K.K Tolstoy. Off-print from Novyi Zhurnal Innostrannoi Literatury, where the novel was printed serially earlier in 1898. Later in 1898 this translation was published by Novyi Zhurnal in a smaller, more conventional book format. At the end of 1898 a different translation was published in a different periodical and then in book format. WorldCat locates this translation only in the smaller format, a single copy in Poland.
War of the Worlds has possibly had more influence on Russian literature and culture than any other novel in the English language. At the time of the Revolution, Wells was among the most popular foreign writers in Russia -- second only to Verne. Planetary invasion is a perennial theme in Russian science fiction, with War of the Worlds firmly at the root.
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Title
First Russian Edition of H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
Author
Published in 1898, the Same Year as the First English Edition in Book Form -- The First Book by Wells Published in Russia
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