num_pages: 288
description: Edward Bellamy’s Looking 2000-1887 (1888) is one of the most influential utopian novels in English. The narrative follows Julian West, who goes to sleep in Boston in 1887 and wakes in the year 2000 to find that the era of competitive capitalism is long over, replaced by an era of co-operation. Wealth is produced by an “industrial army” and every citizen receives the same wage. This edition contains a rich selection of appendices, including excerpts from Bellamy’s Equality and other writings; contemporary responses (by William Morris, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and others); excerpts from utopian works by Morris and William Dean Howells; and an excerpt from Henry George’s Progress and Poverty .
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: Broadview Press