Looking Backward: 2000-1887

By: Edward Bellamy

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Massachusetts. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It influenced many intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement". The novel also inspired several utopian communities.

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Major utopian alert!

It’s fun to listen to this even though there’s a massive lack of plot. The utopian ideas offered within are fascinating to think about but when I think about how these would be achieved especially in this day and age I can only shake my head and chuckle. Seems difficult to believe that national patriotism is the key to societal perfection. The last chapter seems a logical but predictable way to end the book. The narrator maybe could’ve taken a breath here or there, too.