The War of the Worlds is H. G. Wells's classic from 1898, adapted by the Storica editors into a B1 reader of twenty-five short chapters.
Originally in English, the book is available on Storica in all seven supported reading languages — French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. The plot, characters, and tone stay the same; only the language you read it in changes.
Each chapter takes about ten minutes to read and ends with a writing prompt in your target language. By the end of the twenty-five chapters you have read a real book — not a vocabulary list, not a textbook scenario, but a story by a real author, in the language you are learning to live in.
Intermediate. You read narrative past tense fluently, handle dialogue, and understand short novellas. Vocabulary around 3,000 words. Subordinate clauses no longer slow you down.
Yes — every book in the Storica catalog is available in all seven supported languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. The War of the Worlds was originally written in English, but you choose your reading language when you start.
B1. Intermediate. You read narrative past tense fluently, handle dialogue, and understand short novellas. Vocabulary around 3,000 words. Subordinate clauses no longer slow you down.
About one month at fifteen minutes a day. The adaptation runs to 25 short chapters — short enough to read before bed, long enough to actually move your level.
No. Storica's adaptation is the version you read. We keep the characters, plot beats, and tone of the original — and rewrite the language to fit the level. If you've read the original before, you'll recognise the story; if you haven't, the adaptation is a complete reading of the book.
Pick up where you left off. There are no streaks, no penalties, and no notifications begging you back. Day 12 is still Day 12 a week later.
The War of the Worlds is rated B1, so we'd suggest starting with one of our A0 or A1 books first if you're brand-new to your target language. Check our shelf at /library/ — the readers there are short, gentle, and built specifically for week one.
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