Looking Backward (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

Edward Bellamy

ISBN 10: 0486290387 / ISBN 13: 9780486290386

Published by Dover Publications, 1996

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Synopsis:

Stimulating, thought-provoking utopian fantasy about a young man who's put into a hypnotic sleep in the late 19th century and awakens in the year 2000 to find a vastly changed world where crime, war, and want no longer exist. A provocative study of human society as it is and as it might be.

From the Back Cover:

First published in 1888, Looking Backward was one of the most popular novels of its day. Translated into more than twenty languages, its utopian fantasy influenced such thinkers as John Dewey and Thorstein Veblen. Writing from a nineteenth-century perspective and poignantly critical of his own time, Bellamy advanced a remarkable vision of the future, including such daring predictions as the existence of radio, television, motion pictures, and credit cards.
On the surface, the novel is the story of time traveler Julian West, a young Bostonian who is put into a hypnotic sleep in the late nineteenth century and awakens in the year 2000 in a socialist utopia. Crime, war, personal animosity, and want are nonexistent. Equality of the sexes is a fact of life. In short, a messianic state of brotherly love is in effect.
Entertaining and stimulating, Looking Backward is a provocative study of human society as it is and as it might be.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Looking Backward (Dover Thrift Editions: ...
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good