The Sleeper Awakes
by H. G. WELLS (1866 - 1946)
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)
Listen next episodes of
The Sleeper Awakes:
FROM THE CROW'S NEST (2200 words) ,
GRAHAM REMEMBERS (2800 words) ,
GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD (1600 words) ,
IN THE CITY WAYS (6800 words) ,
IN THE SILENT ROOMS (3700 words) ,
INSOMNIA (2500 words) ,
OSTROG (4800 words) ,
OSTROG'S POINT OF VIEW (2300 words) ,
PROMINENT PEOPLE (3600 words) ,
THE AWAKENING (1400 words) ,
THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS (4000 words) ,
THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES (4000 words) ,
THE END OF THE OLD ORDER (1372 words) ,
THE HALL OF THE ATLAS (2900 words) ,
THE MONOPLANE (3600 words) ,
THE MOVING WAYS (1400 words) ,
THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING (3700 words) ,
THE PEOPLE MARCH (2000 words) ,
THE ROOF SPACES (4300 words) ,
THE SOUND OF A TUMULT (4100 words) ,
THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE (4200 words) ,
THE TRANCE (2000 words) ,
THE UNDER-SIDE (2200 words) ,
THREE DAYS (1800 words) ,
WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING (1700 words)