{"product_id":"9781605019055","title":"The Sleeper Awakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sleeper Awakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1910) is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up 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 awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe novel, originally published as \u003ci\u003eWhen the Sleeper Wakes\u003c\/i\u003e in 1899, was re-written in 1910, its original form having proved unsatisfying for Wells. \"Like most of my earlier work\", says Wells, \"it was written under considerable pressure; there are marks of haste not only in the writing of the latter part, but in the very construction of the story\".\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003ci\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe free encyclopedia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157212774640,"sku":"9781605019055","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605019055_p0.jpg?v=1763830140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605019055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}