The Sleeper Awakes (1921)

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The Sleeper Awakes (1921)
by H. G. Wells

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The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.

The novel was originally serialized in The Graphic from 1898 to 1903, titled When the Sleeper Wakes and illustrated by H. Lanos. Dissatisfied with its original form, Wells rewrote it in 1910.Warning: template has been deprecated.

This edition includes a Preface written by Wells and dated 1921, but the text is otherwise presumed to follow the revised edition of 1910.

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THE SLEEPER AWAKES

Mr WELLS has also written the following novels:

Love and Mr Lewisham.

Kipps
Mr Polly.
The Wheels of Chance.
The New Machiavelli.
Ann Veronica.
Tono-Bungay.

The Research Magnificent.

The Secret Places of the Heart.

Marriage.
Bealby.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman.
Mr Britling Sees It Through.
The Soul of a Bishop.
John and Peter.

The Undying Fire.

The following fantastic and imaginative romances:

The War of the Worlds. The Time Machine. The Wonderful Visit. The Island of Dr Moreau. The Sea Lady.	When the Sleeper Wakes. The Food of the Gods. The War in the Air. In the Days of the Comet. The World Set Free.
The Invisible Man.

Numerous short stories collected under the following titles:

The Country of the Blind. Tales of Space and Time. Tales of Life and Adventure.	The Stolen Bacillus. The Plattner Story. Tales of the Unexpected.
Twelve Stories and a dream.

A series of books on social, religious, and political questions:

Anticipations (1900). Mankind in the Making. First and Last Things. New Worlds for Old. A Modern Utopia.	The Future in America. God the Invisible King. The Outline of History. Washington and the Hope of Peace.
The Salvaging of Civilisation.

And two little books about children's play, called:
Floor Games and Little Wars.

Printed in Great Britain.

CONTENTS

	Preface not included in original ToC	5
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INSOMNIA	9
II.	THE TRANCE	18
III.	THE AWAKENING	25
IV.	THE SOUND OF THE TUMULT	30
V.	MOVING WAYS	44
VI.	THE HALL OF ATLAS	49
VII.	IN THE SILENT ROOMS	59
VIII.	THE ROOF SPACES	71
IX.	THE PEOPLE MARCH	85
X.	THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS	92
XI.	THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING	105
XII.	OSTROG	118
XIII.	THE END OF THE OLD RULER	134
XIV.	FROM THE CROW'S NEST	139
XV.	PROMINENT PEOPLE	146
XVI.	THE MONOPLANE	158
XVII.	THREE DAYS	169
XVIII.	GRAHAM REMEMBERS	175
XIX.	OSTROG'S POINT OF VIEW	185
XX.	IN THE CITY WAYS	193
XXI.	THE UNDER SIDE	215
XXII.	THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE	223
XXIII.	GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD	236
XXIV.	WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING	241
XXV.	THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES	247

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1946, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 77 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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