tailieunhanh - The Sleeper Awakes

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. | feedboo is The Sleeper Awakes Wells H. G. Published 1910 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http etext 12163 1 About Wells Herbert George Wells better known as H. G. Wells was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction and produced works in many different genres including contemporary novels history and social commentary. He was also an outspoken socialist. His later works become increasingly political and didactic and only his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Wells along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne is sometimes referred to as The Father of Science Fiction . Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Wells The War of the Worlds 1898 The Time Machine 1895 A Modern Utopia 1905 The Invisible Man 1897 Tales of Space and Time 1900 The Island of Dr. Moreau 1896 The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1904 The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost 1902 The First Men in the Moon 1901 A Dream of Armageddon 1901 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 50 or in the USA published before 1923 . Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 INSOMNIA One afternoon at low water Mr. Isbister a young artist lodging at Bo-scastle 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 Is-bister the more so and to override the .