Edward Bellamy 4 hr 17 min read

A wealthy Bostonian falls into a mesmeric sleep in 1887 and wakes in the year 2000 to find America transformed into a serene socialist utopia of equality and abundance.

Edward Bellamy's 1888 'Looking Backward' is one of the most influential utopian novels ever written, sparking real political movements worldwide. Earnest, visionary, foundational. Read it for the book that shaped a century of utopian dreaming and debate, a guided tour of a perfected future America.

In its time

Published in 1888, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

4 hr 17 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).