The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites". - Summary by Cliff Stone
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne
34:50 - Chapter 2
The First Making of Cavorite
16:57 - Chapter 3
The Building of the Sphere
16:35 - Chapter 4
Inside the Sphere
08:11 - Chapter 5
The Journey to the Moon
11:45 - Chapter 6
The Landing on the Moon
08:31 - Chapter 7
Sunrise on the Moon
10:17 - Chapter 8
A Lunar Morning
08:29 - Chapter 9
Prospecting Begins
17:58 - Chapter 10
Lost Men in the Moon
10:36 - Chapter 11
The Mooncalf Pastures
22:03 - Chapter 12
The Selenite’s Face
09:00 - Chapter 13
Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions
14:24 - Chapter 14
Experiments in intercourse
11:06 - Chapter 15
The Giddy Bridge
21:15 - Chapter 16
Points of View
15:39 - Chapter 17
The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers
21:22 - Chapter 18
In the Sunlight
18:34 - Chapter 19
Mr. Bedford Alone
22:51 - Chapter 20
Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space
14:52 - Chapter 21
Mr. Bedford at Littlestone
28:25 - Chapter 22
The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee
07:52 - Chapter 23
An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor
15:43 - Chapter 24
The Natural History of the Selenites
36:53 - Chapter 25
The Grand Lunar
31:20 - Chapter 26
The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth
04:00