# Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

By Edward Bellamy.

"Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel published in 1888. When Julian West falls into a hypnotic sleep in 1887 Boston, he awakens 113 years later to find America 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 retire at 45. This bestselling 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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## Audiobooks of it

- [Looking Backward: 2000-1887](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/3226) by Edward Bellamy (7 h 45 min, English)

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