When the Sleeper Wakes

by H.G. Wells

Book Overview

A man sleeps for two hundred and three years just to wake up in a completely transformed London where he has become the richest man in the world. First published in 1899. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812970004
• ISBN13: 9780812970005
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Very inventive

Considering when it was written, the author creates a futuristic society that appears good but has flaws like any other city. The inventions were interesting and the problems between the elite and the impoverished was depicted well. The sleeper's observation of what is going on around him is amusing because he is from a very different time. Good read.

when the sleeper wakes

When the Sleeper Wakes was a pretty good book. It was a little boring in some spots though. This wasn't one of H.G. Wells' better stories. I reccomend others like the Invisible Man or The War of the Worlds or The Time Machine.