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When the Sleeper Wakes ... With illustrations

The story of a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. A fanatic socialist and author of prophetic writings, the main character sees his dreams realized and the future revealed in all its horror.

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  • "When the Sleeper Waker"
  • "Sleeper awakes"@en
  • "When the sleeper wakes"

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  • ""Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place, he slowly discovers he is master of the world, revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified, he escapes from his chamber, seeking solace-- only to realize that not everyone adores him. In fact, some wish to destroy him."--Back cover."
  • "In this dystopian novel, Graham falls into a coma-like sleep, a sleep that he wakes from in a London some 203 years in the future. But times have changed. Due to the wise investments of a board of trustees, Graham's money has compounded into the greatest fortune the world has ever seen, and the trustees have used it to virtually enslave the entire planet. The common people know that those who use "The Master's" money are misusing it, and they pine for a time when the sleeper will awake and set things right. But now that Graham has woken, he finds himself a pawn in a world he little understands..."
  • "Graham, an 1890s radical pamphleteer who is eagerly awaiting the twentieth century and all the advances it will bring, is stricken with insomnia. Finally resorting to medication, he instantly falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. Upon waking in the twenty-second century to a strange and nightmarish place, he slowly discovers he is master of the world, revered by an adoring populace who consider him their leader. Terrified, he escapes from his chamber seeking solace'only to realize that not everyone adores him, some even wish to harm him. From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • "The story of a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. A fanatic socialist and author of prophetic writings, the main character sees his dreams realized and the future revealed in all its horror."@en

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  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Translations"@he
  • "Translations"
  • "Science fiction, English"
  • "Vědecko-fantastické romány"
  • "Dystopias"@en
  • "Dystopias"

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  • "When the Sleeper Wakes ... With illustrations"@en
  • "Až spáč procitne-- = (When the sleeper wakes)"
  • "When the sleeper wakes : a critical text of the 1899 New York and London first edition, with an introduction and appendices"
  • "När den sofvande vaknar"
  • "Quando il dormente si svegliera romanzo"
  • "Wenn der Schläfer erwacht Roman"
  • "When the Sleeper Wakes"
  • "When the Sleeper Wakes"@en
  • "כאשר הישן התעורר"
  • "When the sleeper wskes"
  • "Quand le dormeur s'éveillera. Traduit par Henry-D. Davray et B. Kozakiewicz"
  • "Kun nukkuja herää : romaani"@fi
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Kun nukkuja herää : romaani"
  • "Quando il dormiente si svegliera"@it
  • "When the sleeper awakes"
  • "Cuando el dormido despierto"@es
  • "Až spáč procitne When the sleeper wakes"
  • "Quando il dormente si sveglierà"@it
  • "Quando il dormente si svegliera : romanzo"
  • "Kogda spi︠a︡shchiĭ prosnetsi︠a︡"
  • "When the Sleeper wakes"
  • "Cuando el dormido despierte"
  • "Kaʼasher ha-yashen hitʻorer"
  • "Až spáč procitne = When the sleeper wakes"
  • "Cuando el dormido despierte--"
  • "Wenn der Schläfer erwacht"
  • "Wenn der Schläfer erwacht : Roman"
  • "Až spáč procitne ... = [When the sleeper wakes]"
  • "Kogda prosnetsi︠a︡ spi︠a︡shchīǐ : roman"
  • "Kun nukkuja herää"@fi
  • "Kogda prosnetsi︠a︡ spi︠a︡shchīǐ roman"
  • "When the sleeper wakes a critical text of the 1899 New York and London first edition, with an introduction and appendices"@en
  • "Až spáč procitne = [When the sleeper wakes]"
  • "Ka-asher ha-yashen hitʻorer"
  • "La dormanto vekiĝas"
  • "When the sleeper wakes : a romance"
  • "La dormanto vekiĝas : romano"
  • "La Dormanto Vekiĝas"
  • "When the sleeper wakes"
  • "When the sleeper wakes"@en

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