num_pages: 120
description: "Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is considered to be one of the greatest and most widely read of the utopian novels. It is the story of a young gentleman from Boston who mysteriously wakes from a sleep of over a hundred years to find himself transplanted to a utopian futuristic world. This future world is one of prosperity, cooperation, and harmony. Edward Bellamy's classic novel inspired a rebirth of the utopian novel genre and has been an inspiration to the many forward-looking thinkers who have read it.
language: English
title: Looking Backward: 2000-1887
titlecomplete: Looking Backward: 2000-1887
characters: Julian West, Edith Leete, Mrs. Leete, Sawyer, Dr. Leete, Edith Bartlett, Mr. Barton, Dr. Pillsbury
genres: Politics, Philosophy, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Literature, Utopia, Time Travel, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 5965
places: The United States of America, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Digireads.Com