Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 398 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes Produced by Paul Murray, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Sleeper Awakes" by H.G. Wells is a science fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Graham, a man who falls into a deep, cataleptic sleep that spans two centuries. When he awakens, he finds himself in a vastly transformed world shaped by the passage of time, technological advancements, and societal changes, thrusting him into a life replete with danger and intrigue. At the start of the narrative, we meet Mr. Isbister, a young artist who encounters a stranger in deep despair, unable to sleep for days. The stranger reveals his emotional turmoil and intense feelings of purposelessness, which ultimately leads him to contemplate suicide. Their conversation is filled with profound reflections on life, existence, and suffering. The narrative sets a contemplative tone, highlighting the stranger's mental struggle and foreshadowing Graham's eventual plight as he slips into a trance that will stretch across the centuries. Following this, Graham's awakening brings new complexities and confrontations in a world beyond his understanding, where he must navigate not only the ramifications of his long absence but also the socio-political unrest that defines the future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction London (England) -- Fiction Time travel -- Fiction Twenty-first century -- Fiction Dystopias -- Fiction Technological innovations -- Fiction PR Text Science Fiction Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 549159 549168 2024-09-05T15:09:28.412716 2023-10-06T04:19:46.108040 text/html text/html 572404 2021-05-19T09:21:39 text/html; charset=utf-8 187138 2021-05-19T09:23:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 238885 2024-09-05T15:09:35.654688 application/epub+zip 247995 2024-09-05T15:09:30.019791 application/epub+zip 247995 2024-09-05T15:09:29.078781 application/epub+zip 453655 2024-09-05T15:09:40.168684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419003 2024-09-05T15:09:34.902698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437732 2022-09-06T19:04:27.102612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465258 465184 2024-09-05T15:09:27.445765 2023-10-06T04:19:45.162013 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 466727 2021-05-19T09:21:47 text/plain; charset=utf-8 176966 2021-05-19T09:23:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20174 2024-09-05T15:09:40.303667 application/rdf+xml 13185 2024-09-05T15:09:29.438727 image/jpeg 3540 2024-09-05T15:09:29.256737 image/jpeg 233285 2024-09-05T15:09:28.455719 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia