When The Sleeper Wakes - A Dystopian Science Fiction Classic (Complete Edition): A Dystopian Novel from the Father of Science Fiction, also known for The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds

When The Sleeper Wakes - A Dystopian Science Fiction Classic (Complete Edition): A Dystopian Novel from the Father of Science Fiction, also known for The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds

by H. G. Wells
When The Sleeper Wakes - A Dystopian Science Fiction Classic (Complete Edition): A Dystopian Novel from the Father of Science Fiction, also known for The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds

When The Sleeper Wakes - A Dystopian Science Fiction Classic (Complete Edition): A Dystopian Novel from the Father of Science Fiction, also known for The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds

by H. G. Wells

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Overview

The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian science fiction novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788026839972
Publisher: e-artnow
Publication date: 04/27/2015
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 306
Sales rank: 1,042,276
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

About The Author

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) published his first novel, The Time Machine, to critical and popular acclaim in 1895. Socially progressive and visionary in intellect, he became one of the most prolific writers of his generation. Through books like The Invisible Man and War of the Worlds, he explored a wide variety of social, philosophical, and political ideas through the medium of what we now call science fiction.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England
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