An Analysis of Looking BackwardMain MenuColleen Moroney8c703e0adbf248781b4ddb4d15c8c0cb1154bc21Gabrielle Ellisa1101b68a852d6cb8d6c497b937eb136d0669085
A Quick Look at the Novel and Utopian Literature
1media/Project Main Page Backgroung.jpg2019-04-22T17:58:56+00:00Colleen Moroney8c703e0adbf248781b4ddb4d15c8c0cb1154bc2142A summary of Bellamy's 1888 novel as well as an analysis of Utopian literature in the late 1800s.plain2019-04-22T20:40:52+00:00Colleen Moroney8c703e0adbf248781b4ddb4d15c8c0cb1154bc21Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, written in 1888, follows the strange experiences of Julian West, a Boston aristocrat living in the late 1880's. West suffers from chronic insomnia and has a doctor who hypnotizes him to sleep each night in a chamber below West's house. On May 30, 1887, Julian falls asleep, as usual, and awakes the next morning on September 10, 2000 in a strange building which he soon discovers is where his house once stood, as it burnt down the night of May 30, 1887. Dr. Leete, the one who discovers Julian, guides him through 21st century Utopian Boston, and Julian soon finds that he prefers 2000 Boston's more equal, relaxed way of life.