Looking Backward: 2000-1887

Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward Release date is 2008-05-12

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"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel published in 1888. The story follows Julian West, a young American who falls into a deep sleep in 1887 and awakens 113 years later to find the United States 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 enjoy unprecedented leisure and prosperity. The novel sparked a political mass movement and inspired over 162 discussion clubs across America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Science fiction Utopias -- Fiction Social problems -- Fiction Time travel -- Fiction Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction Utopian fiction Two thousand, A.D. -- Fiction

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