num_pages: 220
description: Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium. Addressing moral and material concerns of late nineteenth century industrial America through romantic narrative, Bellamy suggests a fictionalized society in which war, poverty, and malice do not exist.
language: English
title: Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887
titlecomplete: Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887 (Applewood Books)
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: 5966
places: The United States of America, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Applewood Books