Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy

"Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel published in 1888. When Julian West falls into a hypnotic sleep in 1887 Boston, he awakens 113 years later to find America transformed into a socialist utopia. Through conversations with his guide, Doctor Leete, West discovers a radically reimagined society where industry is nationalized, goods are equally distributed, and citizens retire at 45. This bestselling novel sparked a political mass movement and inspired over 162 discussion clubs across America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898
Title Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
Note Sequel: Equality
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
Credits Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Utopias -- Fiction
Subject Social problems -- Fiction
Subject Time travel -- Fiction
Subject Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
Subject Utopian fiction
Subject Two thousand, A.D. -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 624
Release Date
Last Update Oct 12, 2022
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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