# The people of the ruins

Author: Shanks, Edward, 1892-1953

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73376

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+people+of+the+ruins+Shanks&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Mr. Jeremy Tuft became aware with a slight shock that he was lying in bed wide awake. He raised his head a little, stared around him, found something vaguely unfamiliar, and tried to go to sleep again. But sleep would not come. Though he felt dull and stupid, he was yet invincibly awake. His eyes opened again of themselves, and he stared round him once more. It was the subdued light, filtered through the curtains, that was strange; and as intelligence flowed back into his empty mind, he realized that this was because it was much stronger than it should have been at any time before eight o’clock. Thence to the conclusion that it was very likely later than eight o’clock was an easy step for...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-people-of-the-ruins-73376/chapters/9/index.md)