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The Sleeper Awakes

Autor H. G. Wells
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The Sleeper Awakes by H. G. Wells is a Dystopian Science Fiction novel Published in 1910. It is a about Graham, a man who by chance becomes owner and master of the world. His story begins in 1897, when Graham falls into a sleep for two centuries. He awakes in 2100, in a futuristic London. He soon learns that he became the mythical Sleeper, the richest and most powerful person in the world. Graham's money has been put into a trust. Over the years, the trustees, named "White Council," have used his wealth to establish a vast political and economic world order, forcing the people to live under social injustice and misery. At the same time, the people see him as a savior.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781981810598
ISBN-10: 1981810595
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg

Notă biografică

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on 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'.

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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.

Recenzii

"Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press's series Bison Frontiers of Imagination."—Times Literary Supplement