Vuonna 2000: Katsaus vuoteen 1887 by Edward Bellamy

"Vuonna 2000: Katsaus vuoteen 1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel first published in 1888. When Julian West falls into a hypnosis-induced sleep in 1887 Boston, he awakens 113 years later to discover America transformed into a socialist utopia. Through dialogues with his guide Doctor Leete, West explores this radically reimagined society where industry is nationalized, goods are equally distributed, and citizens work reduced hours before retiring at 45. The novel sparked a political mass movement and inspired over 162 discussion clubs across America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898
Translator Kari, J. K., 1868-1921
Title Vuonna 2000: Katsaus vuoteen 1887
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward
Credits Produced by Matti Järvinen, Tuija Lindholm and Distributed
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 30.1 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Utopias -- Fiction
Subject Social problems -- Fiction
Subject Time travel -- Fiction
Subject Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
Subject Utopian fiction
Subject Two thousand, A.D. -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 16694
Release Date
Last Update Dec 12, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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