The Sleeper Awakes

"The Sleeper Awakes" by H.G. Wells is a dystopian science fiction novel that explores themes of power, control, revolution, and the impact of time on society. Originally published in 1899 as When the Sleeper Wakes and revised into its final form in 1910, the novel tells the story of a man who falls asleep in Victorian England and wakes up more than two centuries later to find himself the most powerful man in the world.


The novel follows Graham, a troubled man from the 19th century who suffer...