"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy is a tale of time and transformation. Julian West, a man of wealth and privilege from the 1800s, finds himself in the year 2000 after drifting into a deep slumber, only to discover a world profoundly altered by equality and unified cooperation. This future stands in stark contrast to the class divisions that plagued his former life, sparking him to uncover the principles of social reform and the potential for a fair society. As the story unfolds, Julian recalls his Boston existence, marked by both beauty and labor unrest, he unexpectedly sleeps through a transformation of society offering a vision of a utopian future where the problems of the past are overcome, and he must reconcile his past with this new reality.
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
By Edward Bellamy
A wealthy 19th-century man awakens in a classless future, forcing him to reconcile his past with a utopian society built on radical social change.
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About the AuthorEdward Bellamy was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel Looking Backward. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerous "Nationalist Clubs" dedicated to the propagation of his political ideas.
Edward Bellamy was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel Looking Backward. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerous "Nationalist Clubs" dedicated to the propagation of his political ideas.
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