Looking Backward
by Edward Bellamy
308 pages~5 hrs
“He closed his eyes in a world of chaos and woke up in a world of hope.”
After a century-long slumber, Julian West awakens to find his world replaced by a seamless, cooperative paradise where poverty and strife have vanished. This visionary classic invites you to explore a breathtakingly transformed Boston and rediscover the true potential of human society.
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