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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 author died before 1955 and the work was first published before 1931; the original English text is treated as public-domain source material for this edition.
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The Sleeper Awakes
H. G. Wells
预览章节A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”预览
A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”
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PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
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- 01Full text
- 02A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”
- 03By H.G. Wells
- 04CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
- 05CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
- 06CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
- 07CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
- 08CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
- 09CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
- 10CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
- 11CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
- 12CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
- 13CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
- 14CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
- 15CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
- 16CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
- 17CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
- 18CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
- 19CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
- 20CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
- 21CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
- 22CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
- 23CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
- 24CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
- 25CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
- 26CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
- 27CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
- 28CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
- 29PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
- 30H.G. WELLS.
- 31CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
- 32Isbister stopped abruptly. “No?” was all he said, but his bearing conveyed his helpful impulse.
- 33Isbister stopped short and looked at the sufferer doubtfully.
- 34CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
- 35Isbister hesitated, and then feigned a belated surprise. “I shouldn’t have thought it.”
- 36CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
- 37CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
- 38CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
- 39CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
- 40CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
- 41CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
- 42CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
- 43CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
- 44Down went one of his guards before him, and Graham, unable to stop, leapt the writhing body.
- 45CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
- 46CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
- 47Lincoln held the curtain open for Graham and Ostrog to pass through....
- 48CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
- 49CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
- 50CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
- 51In another moment Graham was talking to the girl, and the bright-eyed lady had fluttered away.
- 52Lincoln’s face appeared close to them. He bowed an apology to the girl.
- 53CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
- 54CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
- 55CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
- 56CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
- 57CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
- 58In a little while he spoke again:
- 59CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
- 60CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
- 61CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
- 62CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
- 63Metallic voices were shouting “Victory!” Yes it was “Victory!”
- 64CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
- 65THE END.