{"product_id":"looking-backward-2000-1887-9780451531162","title":"Looking Backward: 2000-1887","description":"\u003cb\u003eEdward Bellamy's prophetic novel about a young Boston man who is mysteriously transported from the 19th to the 21st century--from a world of war and want to a world of peace and plenty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 2000. The place: Utopian America. The hero: anyone who has ever longed for escape to a better life... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated into more than twenty languages, and the most widely read novel of its time, \u003ci\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a brilliant visionary's view of the future. It is a blueprint of the \"perfect society,\" a guidebook that stimulated some of the greatest thinkers of our age. Today--in the very era it attempted to visualize--it is even more compelling than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Walter James Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd an Afterword by Eliot Fintushel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16179855\"\u003eEdward Bellamy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.75h x 5.24w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451531162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451531167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028080\"\u003eTime Travel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Bellamy \u003c\/b\u003e(1850-1898) was admitted to the bar in 1871, but that same year he abandoned his practice to become associate editor of the \u003ci\u003eSpringfield\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnion\u003c\/i\u003e (Massachusetts). Later, he worked as an editorial writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Bellamy's heart was no more in newspaper work than it had been in the law. His main interest lay in the field of literature. He wrote several short stories and three novels, including \u003ci\u003eDr. Heidenhoff's Process\u003c\/i\u003e (1880), before he married Emma Sanderson in 1882. Forced by ill health to give up his editorial career, Bellamy devoted himself to writing. His novel \u003ci\u003eMiss Ludington's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1884. The young author's intense awareness of injustices in the economic and social systems, as well as his desire for reforms, impelled him to write \u003ci\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e in 1888. \"Bellamy Clubs\" sprang up across the nation and the novelist embarked on a series of lecture tours and speaking engagements. In 1891, he founded the \u003ci\u003eNew Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, a Boston newspaper, as an organ for his views, but increasing illness forced him to suspend publication. He continued, however, to work on the sequel to \u003ci\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e. It was published under the title \u003ci\u003eEquality\u003c\/i\u003e in 1897. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWalter James Miller\u003c\/b\u003e--poet, playwright, critic, translator--has authored, co-authored, or edited 64 books, scores of scholarly articles, and hundreds of television and radio programs. Professor of English at New York University, he has won a writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts\/ Ruttenberg Foundation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEliot Fintushel\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels and short stories in and around the genre of science fiction and is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Away from the word processor, he is also a busker and a traveling showman, a two-time winner of the National Endowment's Fellowship for Solo Performance Artists.","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520572584173,"sku":"9780451531162","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_256569e5-d61d-4ef1-87c3-89e503777505.jpg?v=1754401153","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/looking-backward-2000-1887-9780451531162","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}