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The Sleeper Awakes

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A man wakes after centuries of sleep to find that technology has created a wealthy ruling class and a deeply unequal future.

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The Sleeper Awakes

Graham wakes in a transformed London where his accumulated fortune has made him a symbolic ruler. Wells uses the futuristic city, mass politics, labor unrest, and media spectacle to examine how progress can intensify social control instead of producing freedom.

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The Sleeper Awakes

H. G. Wells

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A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”

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PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”
  3. 03By H.G. Wells
  4. 04CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
  5. 05CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
  6. 06CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
  7. 07CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
  8. 08CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
  9. 09CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
  10. 10CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
  12. 12CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
  13. 13CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
  14. 14CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
  15. 15CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
  18. 18CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
  19. 19CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
  20. 20CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
  21. 21CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
  22. 22CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
  23. 23CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
  24. 24CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
  25. 25CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
  26. 26CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
  27. 27CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
  28. 28CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
  29. 29PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
  30. 30H.G. WELLS.
  31. 31CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
  32. 32Isbister stopped abruptly. “No?” was all he said, but his bearing conveyed his helpful impulse.
  33. 33Isbister stopped short and looked at the sufferer doubtfully.
  34. 34CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
  35. 35Isbister hesitated, and then feigned a belated surprise. “I shouldn’t have thought it.”
  36. 36CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
  37. 37CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
  38. 38CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
  39. 39CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
  40. 40CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
  41. 41CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
  42. 42CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
  43. 43CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
  44. 44Down went one of his guards before him, and Graham, unable to stop, leapt the writhing body.
  45. 45CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
  46. 46CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
  47. 47Lincoln held the curtain open for Graham and Ostrog to pass through....
  48. 48CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
  49. 49CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
  50. 50CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
  51. 51In another moment Graham was talking to the girl, and the bright-eyed lady had fluttered away.
  52. 52Lincoln’s face appeared close to them. He bowed an apology to the girl.
  53. 53CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
  54. 54CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
  55. 55CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
  56. 56CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
  57. 57CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
  58. 58In a little while he spoke again:
  59. 59CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
  60. 60CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
  61. 61CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
  62. 62CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
  63. 63Metallic voices were shouting “Victory!” Yes it was “Victory!”
  64. 64CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
  65. 65THE END.

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