Speculative

Looking Backward: 2000–1887

by Edward Bellamy

Julian West falls asleep in 1887 and wakes in a Boston of 2000 where poverty has been abolished. It was one of the best-selling novels of its century and started real political clubs; read it for the dream, and notice how much of the future still looks like its author’s drawing room.

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Reading time

About 5 hr 10 min

Where to find it

The Horologist’s Study

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #624. In the public domain in the United States.