Length8h 36m
About this audiobook
A Victorian man wakes up in the twenty-first century to find that his modest investments have made him the master of the entire globe. He discovers a world of flying machines and oppressed workers, where his own name is used to justify a brutal corporate tyranny. Forced to choose between his status and his conscience, he joins a desperate rebellion to tear down the world he unintentionally built.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (8.8K)
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GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
2CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
3CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
4CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
5CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
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6CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
7CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
8CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
9CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
10CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
11CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
12CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
13CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
14CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
15CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
16CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
17CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
18CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
19CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
20CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
21CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
22CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
23CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
24CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
25CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES: THE END.
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