Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887 (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (Paperback)

from csweder

In college, I took a class on Political Literature--a class designed to expose political and historical thoughts and feelings through literature. This would have been an excellent addition to such a class's curriculum, as I feel it is more political commentary disguised as fiction than it is fict...

from DarthDeverell

In Looking Backward: 2000-1887, Edward Bellamy tells the story of Julian West, who goes to sleep in a hermetic chamber and finds himself waking "exactly one hundred and thirteen years, three months, and eleven days" after he retired for the night, now in the year 2000 (pg. 31). In the future, Dr....

from john257hopper

An interesting 19th century novel depicting a utopian America in the year 2000 where society has abolished all distinctions of rich and poor and there are no politicians, bankers, armed forces, lawyers or any kind of prejudice or injustice. At one level, the depiction is almost laughably unrealis...

from justagirlwithabook

The crazy thing about this book is when it was written. The main character travels far into time and 'looks backward' into the past. The future has changed dramatically, but so much of what the author writes is applicable to 2018, which is a bit creepy to think about but also interesting. In the ...

from csweder

In college, I took a class on Political Literature--a class designed to expose political and historical thoughts and feelings through literature. This would have been an excellent addition to such a class's curriculum, as I feel it is more political commentary disguised as fiction than it is fict...