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Samuel Butler. The Darkest Hours - 18 Chilling Dystopias in One Edition
The Darkest Hours - 18 Chilling Dystopias in One Edition
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Table of Contents
Anthem
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
Part Ten
Part Eleven
Part Twelve
Iron Heel
Foreword
Chapter I. My Eagle
Chapter II. Challenges
Chapter III. Jackson’s Arm
Chapter IV. Slaves of the Machine
Chapter V. The Philomaths
Chapter VI. Adumbrations
Chapter VII. The Bishop’s Vision
Chapter VIII. The Machine Breakers
Chapter IX. The Mathematics of a Dream
Chapter X. The Vortex
Chapter XI. The Great Adventure
Chapter XII. The Bishop
Chapter XIII. The General Strike
Chapter XIV. The Beginning of the End
Chapter XV. Last Days
Chapter XVI. The End
Chapter XVII. The Scarlet Livery
Chapter XVIII. In the Shadow of Sonoma
Chapter XIX. Transformation
Chapter XX. A Lost Oligarch
Chapter XXI. The Roaring Abysmal Beast
Chapter XXII. The Chicago Commune
Chapter XXIII. The People of the Abyss
Chapter XXIV. Nightmare
Chapter XXV. The Terrorists
Meccania the Super-State
Introduction. A Few Words About Mr. Ming and His Journal
Note on Personal Names
Chapter I. I Become a Foreign Observer
Chapter II. Bridgetown, Tour No. 1
Chapter III. Introduction to Mecco
Chapter IV. Professor Proser-Toady’s Lecture
Chapter V. Culture in Mecco
Chapter VI. More Culture in Mecco
Chapter VII. A Meccanian Apostle
Chapter VIII. The Mechow Festival
Chapter IX. Meccanisation
Chapter X. Conversations
Chapter XI. An Academic Discussion
Chapter XII. The Latest Institution
Chapter XIII. Never Again
Lord of the World
Preface
Prologue
Book I. The Advent
Chapter I
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Chapter II
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Chapter III
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Chapter IV
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Chapter V
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Book II. The Encounter
Chapter I
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Chapter II
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IV
Chapter III
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Chapter IV
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Chapter V
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Chapter VI
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Chapter VII
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Chapter VIII
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Book III. The Victory
Chapter I
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Chapter II
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Chapter III
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Chapter IV
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Chapter V
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Chapter VI
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When The Sleeper Wakes
Chapter I. Insomnia
Chapter II. The Trance
Chapter III. The Awakening
Chapter IV. The Sound of a Tumult
Chapter V. The Moving Ways
Chapter VI. The Hall of the Atlas
Chapter VII. In the Silent Rooms
Chapter VIII. The Roof Spaces
Chapter IX. The People March
Chapter X. The Battle of the Darkness
Chapter XI. The Old Man Who Knew Everything
Chapter XII. Ostrog
Chapter XIII. The End of the Old Order
Chapter XIV. From the Crow’s Nest
Chapter XV. Prominent People
Chapter XVI. The Aerophile
Chapter XVII. Three Days
Chapter XVIII. Graham Remembers
Chapter XIX. Ostrog’s Point of View
Chapter XX. In the City Ways
Chapter XXI. The Under Side
Chapter XXII. The Struggle in the Council House
Chapter XXIII. While the Aeroplanes Were Coming
Chapter XXIV. The Coming of the Aeroplanes
The Time Machine
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Epilogue
The First Men in the Moon
Chapter I. Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne
Chapter II. The First Making of Cavorite
Chapter III. The Building of the sphere
Chapter IV. Inside the Sphere
Chapter V. The Journey to the Moon
Chapter VI. The Landing on the Moon
Chapter VII. Sunrise on the Moon
Chapter VIII. A Lunar Morning
Chapter IX. Prospecting Begins
Chapter X. Lost Men in the Moon
Chapter XI. The Mooncalf Pastures
Chapter XII. The Selenite’s Face
Chapter XIII. Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions
Chapter XIV. Experiments in intercourse
Chapter XV. The Giddy Bridge
Chapter XVI. Points of View
Chapter XVII. The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers
Chapter XVIII. In the Sunlight
Chapter XIX. Mr. Bedford Alone
Chapter XX. Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space
Chapter XXI. Mr. Bedford at Littlestone
Chapter XXII. The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee
Chapter XXIII. An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor
Chapter XXIV. The Natural History of the Selenites
Chapter XXV. The Grand Lunar
Chapter XXVI. The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth
Caesar's Column
To the Public
Chapter I. The Great City
Chapter II. My Adventure
Chapter III. The Beggar's Home
Chapter IV. The Under-World
Chapter V. Estella Washington
Chapter VI. The Interview
Chapter VII. The Hiding-Place
Chapter VIII. The Brotherhood
Chapter IX. The Poisoned Knife
Chapter X. Preparations for To-night
Chapter XI. How the World Came to be Ruined
Chapter XII. Gabriel's Utopia
Chapter XIII. The Council of the Oligarchy
Chapter XIV. The Spy's Story
Chapter XV. The Master of "The Demons"
Chapter XVI. Gabriel's Folly
Chapter XVII. The Flight and Pursuit
Chapter XVIII. The Execution
Chapter XIX. The Mamelukes of the Air
Chapter XX. The Workingmen's Meeting
Chapter XXI. A Sermon of the Twentieth Century
Chapter XXII. Estella and I
Chapter XXIII. Max's Story – The Songstress
Chapter XXIV. Max's Story Continued – The Journeyman Printer
Chapter XXV. Max's Story Continued – The Dark Shadow
Chapter XXVI. Max's Story Continued – The Widow and Her Son
Chapter XXVII. Max's Story Continued – The Blacksmith Shop
Chapter XXVIII. Max's Story Concluded – The Unexpected Happens
Chapter XXIX. Elysium
Chapter XXX. Upon the House-Top
Chapter XXXI "Sheol"
Chapter XXXII. The Rat-Trap
Chapter XXXIII "The Ocean Overpeers Its List"
Chapter XXXIV. The Prince Gives His Last Bribe
Chapter XXXV. The Liberated Prisoner
Chapter XXXVI. Cæsar Erects His Monument
Chapter XXXVII. The Second Day
Chapter XXXVIII. The Flight
Chapter XXXIX. Europe
Chapter XL. The Garden in the Mountains
The Secret of the League
Chapter I. Irene
Chapter II. The Period, and the Coming of Wings
Chapter III. The Million to One Chance
Chapter IV. The Compact
Chapter V. The Downtrodden
Chapter VI. Miss Lisle Tells a Long Pointless Story
Chapter VII "Schedule B"
Chapter VIII. Tantroy Earns His Wage
Chapter IX. Secret History
Chapter X. The Order of St Martin of Tours
Chapter XI. Man Between Two Masters
Chapter XII. By Telescribe
Chapter XIII. The Effect of the Bomb
Chapter XIV. The Last Chance and the Counsel of Expedience
Chapter XV. The Great Fiasco
Chapter XVI. The Dark Winter
Chapter XVII. The Incident of the 13th of January
Chapter XVIII. The Music and the Dance
Chapter XIX. The "Finis" Message
Chapter XX. Stobalt of Salaveira
Chapter XXI. The Bargain of Famine
Chapter XXII "Poor England"
City of Endless Night
Chapter I. The Red and Black and Gold Struggle for Supremacy on the Changing Map of the World
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Chapter II. I Explore the Potash Mines of Stassfurt and Find a Diary in a Dead Man's Pocket
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Chapter III. In a Black Utopia the Blond Brood Breeds and Swarms
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Chapter IV. I Go Pleasuring on the Level of Free Women and Drink Synthetic Beer
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Chapter V. I Am Drafted for Paternity and Make Extraordinary Petition to the Chief of the Eugenic Staff
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Chapter VI. In Which I Learn That Competition Is Still the Life of the Oldest Trade in the World
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Chapter VII. The Sun Shines Upon a King and a Girl Reads of the Fall of Babylon
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Chapter VIII. Finding Therein One Righteous Man I Have Compassion on Berlin
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Chapter IX. In Which I Salute the Statue of God and a Psychic Expert Explores My Brain and Finds Nothing
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Chapter X. A Goddess Who Is Suffering From Obesity and a Brave Man Who Is Afraid of the Law of Averages
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Chapter XI. In Which the Talking Delegate Is Answered by the Royal Voice and I Learn That Labour Knows Not God
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Chapter XII. The Divine Descendants of William the Great Give a Benefit for the Canine Gardens and Pay Tribute to the Piggeries
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Chapter XIII. In Which a Woman Accuses Me of Murder and I Place a Ruby Necklace About Her Throat
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Chapter XIV. The Black Spot Is Erased From the Map of the World and There Is Dancing in the Sunlight on the Roof of Berlin
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Looking Further Backward
Preface
Lecture I
Lecture II
Lecture III
Lecture IV
Lecture V
Lecture VI
Lecture VII
Lecture VIII
Lecture IX
Lecture X
Lecture XI
Lecture XII
Lecture XIII
Lecture XIV
The Heads of Cerberus
Chapter I “Welcome, However You Come!”
Chapter II. Dust of Purgatory
Chapter III. Arrivals and Departures
Chapter IV. Where the Gray Dust Led
Chapter V. The Weaver of the Years
Chapter VI. A Matter of Buttons
Chapter VII. A Few Small Changes
Chapter VIII. Legal Procedure Expedited
Chapter IX. The Pit of the Past
Chapter X. The Fourth Victim
Chapter XI. Mine and Countermine
Chapter XII. The New City
Chapter XIII. Penn Service
Chapter XIV. The Threat of Penn
Chapter XV. The Justice of Penn Service
Chapter XVI. Disaster
Chapter XVII. Their Last Chance
Chapter XVIII. The Sword and the Bell
Chapter XIX. Trenmore Strikes
Chapter XX. Transferred Home
Chapter XXI. The Last of the Gray Dust
The Fixed Period
Volume I
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. Gabriel Crasweller
Chapter III. The First Break-Down
Chapter IV. Jack Neverbend
Chapter V. The Cricket-Match
Chapter VI. The College
Volume II
Chapter VII. Columbus and Galileo
Chapter VIII. The "John Bright"
Chapter IX. The New Governor
Chapter X. The Town-Hall
Chapter XI. Farewell!
Chapter XII. Our Voyage to England
The Machine Stops
The Air Ship
The Mending Apparatus
The Homeless
The Night of the Long Knives
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Perchance to Dream
The Guardians
Erewhon
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
Chapter I. Waste Lands
Chapter II. In the Wool-Shed
Chapter III. Up the River
Chapter IV. The Saddle
Chapter V. The River and the Range
Chapter VI. Into Erewhon
Chapter VII. First Impressions
Chapter VIII. In Prison
Chapter IX. To the Metropolis
Chapter X. Current Opinions
Chapter XI. Some Erewhonian Trials
Chapter XII. Malcontents
Chapter XIII. The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death
Chapter XIV. Mahaina
Chapter XV. The Musical Banks
Chapter XVI. Arowhena
Chapter XVII. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunites
Chapter XVIII. Birth Formulae
Chapter XIX. The World of the Unborn
Chapter XX. What They Mean By It
Chapter XXI. The Colleges of Unreason
Chapter XXII. The Colleges of Unreason—Continued
Chapter XXIII. The Book of the Machines
Chapter XXIV. The Machines—Continued
Chapter XXV. The Machines—Concluded
Chapter XXVI. The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Animals
Chapter XXVII. The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the Rights of Vegetables
Chapter XXVIII. Escape
Chapter XXIX. Conclusion
