Looking Backward (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bellamy
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Utopian
- Time of Work: 1887 and 2000
- Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Julian West, Edith Bartlett, Dr. Leete, Edith
- 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
The Story:
Julian West had had difficulty sleeping. In order to have complete quiet, he had built a soundproof room with thick cement walls in the cellar of his house. He was also in the habit of having a mesmerist named Dr. Pillsbury put him to sleep by hypnosis. On May 30, 1887, he went to dinner at the home of his fiancée and spent an enjoyable evening with Edith and her father, Mr. Bartlett. He went home, had the doctor give him a treatment, and went to sleep. He awoke to find strange people in the room. They asked him who he was and when he had gone to sleep. Julian was...
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