Looking Backward: 2000-1887
by Bellamy, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G-
- Seller
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Castle Rock, Colorado, United States
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Synopsis
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from western Massachusetts, and was first published in 1888. According to Erich Fromm, Looking Backward is "one of the most remarkable books ever published in America. " It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many of the major Marxist writings of the day.
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- Bookseller
- Century Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 986
- Title
- Looking Backward: 2000-1887
- Author
- Bellamy, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/G-
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- c. 1917
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