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LibriVox recording of The Sleeper Awakes, by H.G. Wells.
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)
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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox
Artist/Composer: H.G. Wells
Date: 2008-09-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; wells; sci-fi; dystopia
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
| Whole Item | Format | Size |
| sleeper_awakes_0809_128kb.m3u | 128kbps M3U | Stream |
| sleeper_awakes_0809_64kb.m3u | 64Kbps M3U | Stream |
| sleeper_awakes_0809_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 226 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 00 - Preface | 3.70 MB | 2.40 MB | 1.85 MB |
| 01 - Insomnia | 16 MB | 8.74 MB | 8.02 MB |
| 02 - The Trance | 15 MB | 8.08 MB | 7.29 MB |
| 03 - The Awakening | 11 MB | 6.04 MB | 5.37 MB |
| 04 - The Sound of a Tumult | 28 MB | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| 05 - The Moving Ways | 9.91 MB | 5.04 MB | 4.95 MB |
| 06 - The Hall of the Atlas | 16 MB | 11 MB | 7.85 MB |
| 07 - In the Silent Rooms | 19 MB | 13 MB | 9.50 MB |
| 08 - The Roof Spaces | 24 MB | 18 MB | 12 MB |
| 09 - The People March | 12 MB | 9.16 MB | 6.15 MB |
| 10 - The Battle of the Darkness | 21 MB | 11 MB | 11 MB |
| 11 - The Old Man Who Knew Everything | 25 MB | 14 MB | 13 MB |
| 12 - Ostrog | 27 MB | 15 MB | 14 MB |
| 13 - The End of the Old Order | 8.72 MB | 4.24 MB | 4.36 MB |
| 14 - From the Crow's Nest | 13 MB | 7.72 MB | 6.70 MB |
| 15 - Prominent People | 24 MB | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| 16 - The Monoplane | 24 MB | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| 17 - Three Days | 13 MB | 7.00 MB | 6.62 MB |
| 18 - Graham Remembers | 20 MB | 11 MB | 10 MB |
| 19 - Ostrog's Point of View | 17 MB | 9.07 MB | 8.26 MB |
| 20 - In the City Ways | 34 MB | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| 21 - The Under-side | 13 MB | 9.92 MB | 6.59 MB |
| 22 - The Struggle in the Council House | 23 MB | 13 MB | 12 MB |
| 23 - Graham Speaks His Word | 8.57 MB | 4.73 MB | 4.29 MB |
| 24 - While The Aeroplanes Were Coming | 8.88 MB | 4.91 MB | 4.44 MB |
| 25 - The Coming of the Aeroplanes | 18 MB | 12 MB | 9.23 MB |
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| sleeper_awakes_0809_meta.xml | Metadata | 1.68 KB |
| sleeper_awakes_0809_reviews.xml | Metadata | 1.34 KB |
![[5.0 out of 5 stars]](/images/star.png "[5.0 out of 5 stars]")
Reviewer: FNH - - November 7, 2008
Subject: A good listen
H.G. Wells has written an outstanding story here. Of course it is of its own time and the idea that compound interest could lead to ruling the world is clearly daft. But, perhaps when he was writing this story, governments were more honourable and wouldn't just freeze peoples accounts at the drop of a hat ( sorry Iceland ).
The sleeper wakes in world so changed that he barely understands what is happening and finds himself being manipulated and used. Through the lies and deceit he struggles against the things that surround him, and he finds himself. With battles on and under the ground and even fights taking place in the air we do have a good deal of action.
This is classic period sci fi, written by the master and well read to boot. There tended to be hum on this recording but this is easily overlooked and put from your mind.
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