The Sleeper AwakesH. G. Wells
The Sleeper Awakes
by OpenStories
Original author: H. G. Wells
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"The Sleeper Awakes" by H. G. Wells is a dystopian science fiction novel published in 1899 and revised in 1910. A man falls into a coma in 1897 London and awakens 203 years later to discover he has become the world's wealthiest person. His fortune has been used to create a vast plutocratic order controlling half the world. Caught between rival factions and revolutionary forces, he must navigate a nightmarish future society where workers live in misery and his own role as figurehead threatens humanity's freedom.
The Sleeper Awakes, by H. G. Wells. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #12163.
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26 Chapters
- 1.Preface: To the New Edition747 words
- 2.Chapter I: Insomnia2,441 words
- 3.Chapter II: The Trance1,945 words
- 4.Chapter III: The Awakening1,416 words
- 5.Chapter IV: The Sound of a Tumult3,951 words
- 6.Chapter V: The Moving Ways1,437 words
- 7.Chapter VI: The Hall of the Atlas2,854 words
- 8.Chapter VII: In the Silent Rooms3,624 words
- 9.Chapter VIII: The Roof Spaces4,196 words
- 10.Chapter IX: The People March1,941 words
- 11.Chapter X: The Battle of the Darkness3,865 words
- 12.Chapter XI: The Old Man Who Knew Everything3,566 words
- 13.Chapter XII: Ostrog4,732 words
- 14.Chapter XIII: The End of the Old Order1,351 words
- 15.Chapter XIV: From the Crow's Nest2,229 words
- 16.Chapter XV: Prominent People3,542 words
- 17.Chapter XVI: The Monoplane3,529 words
- 18.Chapter XVII: Three Days1,853 words
- 19.Chapter XVIII: Graham Remembers2,605 words
- 20.Chapter XIX: Ostrog's Point of View2,228 words
- 21.Chapter XX: In the City Ways6,641 words
- 22.Chapter XXI: The Under-Side2,175 words
- 23.Chapter XXII: The Struggle in the Council House4,070 words
- 24.Chapter XXIII: Graham Speaks His Word1,559 words
- 25.Chapter XXIV: While the Aeroplanes Were Coming1,598 words
- 26.Chapter XXV: The Coming of the Aeroplanes3,887 words