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The Sleeper Awakes
Taschenbuch von H. G. Wells
Sprache: Englisch

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A fascinating and prescient account of a future dominated by capitalist greed and mechanical force

A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream - that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
A fascinating and prescient account of a future dominated by capitalist greed and mechanical force

A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream - that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Über den Autor
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Classics
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141441061
ISBN-10: 0141441062
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wells, H. G.
Solist: Parrinder, Patrick
Redaktion: Parrinder, Patrick
Zusammengestellt: Sawyer, Andy
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Penguin Classics
Maße: 195 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: H. G. Wells
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.04.2006
Gewicht: 0,213 kg
Artikel-ID: 121047650
Über den Autor
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Penguin Classics
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141441061
ISBN-10: 0141441062
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wells, H. G.
Solist: Parrinder, Patrick
Redaktion: Parrinder, Patrick
Zusammengestellt: Sawyer, Andy
Hersteller: Penguin Publishing Group
Penguin Classics
Maße: 195 x 128 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: H. G. Wells
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.04.2006
Gewicht: 0,213 kg
Artikel-ID: 121047650
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