This novel sees the narrator cut off from his wife in Leatherhead, and meets up with an artilleryman and curate, the latter of which is captured when he will not remain quiet while in hiding.
None of the major characters, including the narrator of this novel, is ever named, though we know the narrator lives in the town of Working. This novel sees the narrator cut off from his wife in Leatherhead, and meets up with an artilleryman and curate, the latter of which is captured when he will not remain quiet while in hiding. The brother of this novel's narrator escapes from Europe when the HMS Thunder Child rams two of the enemy before sinking. The enemy in this novel deploy two weapons from their walking machines, one of which is called "Black Smoke". Identify this novel which deals with topics ranging from colonialism to Darwinism, and sees the enemy eventually succumb to  "the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth"; a work by H.G. Wells.
None of the major characters, including the narrator of this novel, is ever named, though we know the narrator lives in the town of Working.
The War of the Worlds