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The Sleeper Awakes
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The Sleeper Awakes
A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep- like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth.
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A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth.
But when he comes out of his trance, he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchical society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream: that The Sleeper Awakes, and leads them all to freedom.
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The Sleeper Awakes is generally praised for its imaginative vision of the future and a gripping narrative that explores themes of power and class struggle. However, some reviews note that the book's pacing is uneven and its characters lack depth. Despite these critiques, it remains a significant work for its social commentary and innovative ideas typical of Wells' science fiction.
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ISBN: 9780141441061
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 March 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Notes by Andy Sawyer
- Introduction by Patrick Parrinder
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 126.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 288
About the Author
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'. Patrick Parrinder has written on H.G. Wells, science fiction, James Joyce and the history of the English novel. Since 1986 he has been Professor of English at the University of Reading. Andy Sawyer is a Librarian at the University of Sheffield with a particular interest in science fiction.
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