Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

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Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

by Edward Bellamy
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Book Overview

In Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, what is, on the surface, a time travel love story quickly becomes a deep exploration of society, its values, and the proper role of government. Bellamy offers a utopian vision of the future in which industry is nationalized and wealth is equalized in a classless society. A work of huge consequence in its day, the novel shaped politics in both the U.S. and Europe and inspired a grassroots movement. It was also one of the most commercially successful novels of the nineteenth century, selling more than two hundred thousand copies when it was first published in 1888 and one million copies by the end of the century.


This Warbler Classics edition includes commentary by eminent American historian Lewis Mumford and a detailed biographical timeline of Edward Bellamy's life and work.
ISBN9781957240046
Author Edward Bellamy
PublisherWarbler Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages198
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1888 (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

By Edward Bellamy

About Edward Bellamy

Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 - May 22, 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, 2000-1887, a tale set in the distant future of the year 2000. Bellamy's early novels, including Six to One (1878), Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (1880), and Miss Ludington's Sister (1885) did not bring him much renown, but a turn to utopian science fiction with Looking Backward, published in January 1888, captured the public imagination and catapulted Bellamy to literary fame. Within a year the book had sold some 200,000 copies and by the end of the 19th century it had sold more copies than nearly any other book published in America up to that time, as well as spawning political movements around the country. Bellamy died of tuberculosis at the age of 48.

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