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Looking Backward

by Edward Bellamy

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1888
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  1. 01 - Preface & Chapter 1

    22:12

  2. 02 - Chapter 2 & 3

    25:49

  3. 03 - Chapter 4 & 5

    27:18

  4. 04 - Chapter 6 & 7

    22:34

  5. 05 - Chapter 8 & 9

    31:21

  6. 06 - Chapter 10 & 11

    30:06

  7. 07 - Chapter 12

    22:41

  8. 08 - Chapter 13 & 14

    30:43

  9. 09 - Chapter 15 & 16

    26:58

  10. 10 - Chapter 17 & 18

    26:50

  11. 11 - Chapter 19, 20 & 21

    35:57

  12. 12 - Chapter 22

    31:09

  13. 13 - Chapter 23 & 24

    12:41

  14. 14 - Chapter 25

    23:55

  15. 15 - Chapter 26

    34:14

  16. 16 - Chapter 27

    21:15

  17. 17 - Chapter 28

    39:22

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Edward Bellamy imagines a young Bostonian, Julian West, who lies down to sleep in 1887 and wakes in the year 2000 to find the United States remade as a cooperative socialist commonwealth. Poverty, money, and cutthroat competition have vanished; industry is nationalized, citizens draw equal shares, and everyone retires at forty-five. Guided by the kindly Doctor Leete and drawn to his daughter, West learns how the new order runs and measures it against the injustices he left behind. Published in 1888, the book became one of the best-selling American novels of its century and inspired real political clubs and reform movements. Its blend of romance and social blueprint still sparks argument. Free to read in PDF and EPUB.

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Edward Bellamy

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) was an American author and journalist born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. Trained in law but drawn to writing, he is remembered chiefly for Looking Backward, whose vision of a cooperative future spawned the Nationalist movement and influenced generations of reformers, utopians, and science fiction writers.

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First published
1888
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
196
Language
English
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Audio read by
Anna Simon