When the Sleeper Wakes

H. G. Wells

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9783739231792
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there. Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock. The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.He glanced round at Isbister's footfall. Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year."Very, " answered the stranger shortly, hesitated a second, and added in a colourless tone, "I can't sleep."Isbister stopped abruptly. "No?" was all he said, but his bearing conveyed his helpful impulse."It may sound incredible, " said the stranger, turning weary eyes to Isbister's face and emphasizing his words with a languid hand, "but I have had no sleep-no sleep at all for six nights."

Table of contents

• When the Sleeper Wakes
• CHAPTER I. INSOMNIA
• CHAPTER II. THE TRANCE
• CHAPTER III. THE AWAKENING
• CHAPTER IV. THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
• CHAPTER V. THE MOVING WAYS
• CHAPTER VI. THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
• CHAPTER VII. IN THE SILENT ROOMS
• CHAPTER VIII. THE ROOF SPACES
• CHAPTER IX. THE PEOPLE MARCH
• CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
• CHAPTER XI. THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
• CHAPTER XII. OSTROG
• CHAPTER XIII. THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
• CHAPTER XIV. FROM THE CROW’S NEST
• CHAPTER XV. PROMINENT PEOPLE
• CHAPTER XVI. THE AEROPHILE
• CHAPTER XVII. THREE DAYS
• CHAPTER XVIII. GRAHAM REMEMBERS
• CHAPTER XIX. OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
• CHAPTER XX. IN THE CITY WAYS
• CHAPTER XXI. THE UNDER SIDE
• CHAPTER XXII. THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
• CHAPTER XXIII. WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
• CHAPTER XXIV. THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
• Copyright