This book outlines Bellamy's complex thoughts about improving the future, and is an indictment of industrial capitalism. Edward Bellamy (1850 - 1898) was an American author, journalist and political activist. has been transformed into a socialist utopia. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts) but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the U.S.A. Edward Bellamys Looking Backward (1888) is a thunderous indictment of industrial capitalism and a resplendent vision of life in a socialist utopia. Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of Looking Backward, scene by scene break-downs, and more.
The author, Edward Bellamy, although a prolific writer of short stories, essays, and novels, is remembered almost solely for this utopian novel. Looking Backward is a novel by Edward Bellamy that was first published in 1888. The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up more than a century later. Looking Backward: 20001887, published in the United States in 1888, created an international sensation associated with very few other books in history. Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887 - Edward Bellamy - Google Books Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, first published in 1888. Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (1888) is one of the most influential utopian novels in English. Download cover art Download CD case insert Looking Backward: 2000-1887
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