![]() ![]() ![]() In the United States alone, over 162 "Bellamy Clubs" sprang up to discuss and propagate the book's ideas. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement". The book was translated into several languages, and in short order "sold a million copies." Īccording to a 2021 essay in The New York Times, "In the 19th-century United States, only Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold more copies in its first years than 'Looking Backward.'" It influenced many intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day. Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts it was first published in 1888. first edition of Looking Backward, 2000–1887 ![]()
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