Sleeper Awakes
by H. G. Wells
Chapter 1 of 26 PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION (800 words)
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- Running time
- 8 h 14 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Arouet, J. M. Smallheer, James Christopher, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Kathy Jacobs and 9 others
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The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest, he has become the richest man in the world. He has been the famous Sleeper for centuries. A fanatic socialist, the main character awakes to see his nightmares realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. The people adore him, and their masters - the supervisors of his legacy who rule in his name - do not want him breathing. (Summary by Stephan and Wikipedia)