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Looking backward, 20001887 ebook written by edward bellamy. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after. Excerpt from edward belamy looking backward 1884 looking backward 1884 introduction bellamy later recalled thet looking backward began in earnest to be written in the fall or winter of 1886, and was substantially finished in the following six or eight months. Continue your study of looking backward with these useful links. It tells the story of julian west, a young american, who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosisinduced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. See a complete list of the characters in looking backward. Julian west contrasts this scene to the libraries of the nineteenth century, when books were closely guarded and borrowing was difficult.

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