# Looking Backward: 2000-1887

By Edward Bellamy.

"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel published in 1888. The story follows Julian West, a young American who falls into a deep sleep in 1887 and awakens 113 years later to find the United States transformed into a socialist utopia. Through conversations with his guide, Doctor Leete, West discovers a radically reimagined society where industry is nationalized, goods are equally distributed, and citizens enjoy unprecedented leisure and prosperity. The novel sparked a political mass movement and inspired over 162 discussion clubs across America. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Science fiction; Utopias -- Fiction; Social problems -- Fiction; Time travel -- Fiction; Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction; Utopian fiction; Two thousand, A.D. -- Fiction

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