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When the Sleeper Wakes

(1899)
(The Sleeper Awakes)
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In 1897 a Victorian gentleman falls into a sleep from which he cannot be awoken. During his 200 years of slumber he becomes the Sleeper, the most powerful person in the world. The common people, increasingly oppressed, view the Sleeper as a liberator whose awakening will free them from misery.


Genre: Science Fiction

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