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The Sleeper Awakes Chapter 20 - In the City Ways
In which Graham ventures forth into the vibrant nocturnal cityscape, discovering a world where the old notions of home, religion, and social order have been thoroughly transformed into a vast, impersonal hotel-like metropolis buzzing with machines, dancing celebrations, and shifting classes. As he observes the intricate and sometimes unsettling manifestations of modern life—public care of children, mechanised worship, and the eager pursuit of pleasure—he is drawn deeper into the complexities and contradictions that shape this new society’s restless and noisy pulse.
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