Looking Backward (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bellamy
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Utopian
- Time of Work: 2000
- Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Utopian fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Politics, Socialism, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Future, New England, Human race, Time travel, Boston, Government, Progress, Utopias, Hypnotism, Sleep, Massachusetts
- Locales: Boston, MA
Characters Discussed
Julian West, a young Bostonian who, sleeping under hypnosis in his sound-proofed cellar, goes forward into the year 2000 to find himself in a socialistic United States where government controls everything and everyone is happy, healthy, and well-off. Julian is delighted with this new world and falls in love with a young woman of the time. They marry and plan a secure, happy life in the twenty-first century.
Dr. Leete, Julian’s host in the year 2000. He is a doctor who, like everyone else at the time, has retired at forty-five. He likes Julian and...
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