Looking Backward

When Julian West, an aristocrat from the late 19th century, falls into a hypnotic sleep and awakes in the 20th century, he is surprised to find an ideal society. Originally published in 1888, Looking Backward is a utopian novel written by Edward Bellamy. With the address of social problems such as war, poverty, unemployment, and miserable working conditions, Looking Backward depicts an ideal, necessary, and attainable society that has not yet been achieved in modern-day America.