You might also like

More about Looking Backward

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 49 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Originally published in 1888, Looking Backward is Edward Bellamy's most famous work. The story revolves around Julian West, a man who falls asleep near the end of the 19th century and wakes up in the year 2000. During the time he slept, the United States became a socialist utopia. The majority of the book is a vehicle for Bellamy to expound upon his ideas about societal improvement. Americans in his year 2000 work fewer hours, retire early, and receive all they need from the government. Entertaining and oddly prophetic in some ways, Bellamy's vision of the future from the perspective of the late 19th century is highly engaging. American author EDWARD BELLAMY (1850-1898) also wrote Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (1880), Equality (1897), and The Duke of Stockbridge (1900).

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Full title: Looking Backward
• Subtitle: 2000 to 1887
• Author: Edward Bellamy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212
• EAN: 9781605200989
• ISBN: 9781605200989
• ID: 08778205
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Weight: 272 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2008

Trending among others

---

---

---