The Sleeper Awakes
1899 dystopian science fiction novel by H. G. Wells / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about The Sleeper Awakes?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Sleeper Awakes is an 1899 dystopian science fiction novel by English writer H. G. Wells, about a man who sleeps for 203 years, waking up in a completely transformed late 21st to early 22nd century London in which he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realised, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.
Author | H. G. Wells |
---|---|
Original title | When The Sleeper Wakes |
Illustrator | Henri Lanos [fr] (1859–1929) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Harper & Brothers (1899), Thomas Nelson & Sons |
Publication date | 1899, 1910 (at Wikisource: with 1921 preface) |
Media type | |
Pages | 329 (1899), 288 (1910) |
OCLC | 1061949938 |
LC Class | PR5774 .S57 1910[1] |
Text | The Sleeper Awakes at Wikisource |
The text published as The Sleeper Awakes in 1910 is a revised version of the novel When the Sleeper Wakes, which was published as a serial, then as a book, in 1899. The 2004 Project Gutenberg title page displays on four lines that suggest a subtitle: The Sleeper Awakes; A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”; By H. G. Wells; 1899.[2] Library of Congress Catalog uses the subtitle.[1]