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The Sleeper Awakes
by H. G. WELLS (1866 - 1946)THE HALL OF THE ATLAS (2900 words)
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) , OSTROG (4800 words) , OSTROG'S POINT OF VIEW (2300 words) , PROMINENT PEOPLE (3600 words) , THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS (4000 words) , THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES (4000 words) , THE END OF THE OLD ORDER (1372 words) , THE MONOPLANE (3600 words) , THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING (3700 words) , THE PEOPLE MARCH (2000 words) , THE ROOF SPACES (4300 words) , THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE (4200 words) , THE UNDER-SIDE (2200 words) , THREE DAYS (1800 words) , WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING (1700 words)