The Dream: a novel


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(3.8 stars; 8 reviews)

The story is set in a Utopian future. On an excursion, Sarnac, relates his vivid dream to his friends and recounts how he lived the entire life of one Harry Mortimer Smith, an Englishman from times past, in his dream. - Summary by Sonia (9 hr 20 min)

Chapters

Part I. How Harry Mortimer Smith was made. Chapter the First. The Excursion 21:34 Read by John Payton
Chapter the Second: The Beginning of the Dream. Parts 1 and 2 25:06 Read by marisad6
Chapter the Second: The Beginning of the Dream. Parts 3 and 4 24:58 Read by marisad6
Chapter the Second: The Beginning of the Dream. Parts 5 and 6 30:29 Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
Chapter the Third: Misfortunes Come Upon the Smith Family. Parts 1 and 2 24:57 Read by Noah Slowik
Chapter the Third: Misfortunes Come Upon the Smith Family. Parts 3 and 4 23:47 Read by Sunny Swearsky
Chapter the Third: Misfortunes Come Upon the Smith Family. Parts 5 and 6 20:07 Read by Robert Dipboye
Chapter the Fourth: The Widow Smith Moves to London. Parts 1 and 2 15:47 Read by Chris Buchanan
Chapter the Fourth: The Widow Smith Moves to London. Parts 3 and 4 21:16 Read by Chris Buchanan
Chapter the Fourth: The Widow Smith Moves to London. Part 5 20:42 Read by Chris Buchanan
Chapter the Fourth: The Widow Smith Moves to London. Parts 6 and 7 18:22 Read by Chris Buchanan
Chapter the Fourth: The Widow Smith Moves to London. Parts 8 and 9 17:10 Read by Chris Buchanan
Part II. The Loves and Death of Harry Mortimer Smith. Chapter the Fifth: Fanny … 22:27 Read by Timbray Shafer
Chapter the Fifth: Fanny Discovers Herself. Parts 4 to 6 26:35 Read by Timbray Shafer
Chapter the Fifth: Fanny Discovers Herself. Parts 7 and 8 22:38 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter the Fifth: Fanny Discovers Herself. Parts 9 and 10 15:27 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter the Fifth: Fanny Discovers Herself. Parts 11 and 12 24:38 Read by Jim Locke
Chapter the Sixth: Marriage in War Time. Parts 1 and 2 34:56 Read by timli
Chapter the Sixth: Marriage in War Time. Parts 3 to 6 33:34 Read by timli
Chapter the Sixth: Marriage in War Time. Parts 7 and 8 28:03 Read by timli
Chapter the Seventh: Love And Death. Parts 1 to 4 23:56 Read by Tess Hogue
Chapter the Seventh: Love And Death. Parts 5 to 7 23:18 Read by Heather McKee
Chapter the Seventh: Love And Death. Parts 8 and 9 27:58 Read by MoonLylith
Chapter the Eighth: The Epilogue 12:49 Read by Malachi King

Reviews

good insight


(3 stars)

This book shows HG Wells dislike of marriage‚ religion‚ England‚ society‚ education and basically almost everything that's not 2,000 years from now