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Equality is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, and the sequel to Looking Backward: 2000-1887. It was first published in 1897. The book contains a minimal amount of plot; Bellamy primarily used Equality to expand on the theories he first explored in Looking Backward. *Synopsis*... Read Full Overview

A spark of idealism meets a clear-eyed social vision. Equality invites you to imagine not what is, but what could be, in a late nineteenth america where ideas become policy and people share the work of building a better society. Edward Bellamy's influential utopian fiction unfolds... Read Full Overview

A man from 1887 is reawakened in the year 2000. He finds a utopian world of equality for all. A sequel to Looking Backward

Book Excerpt: bare fact that the revolutionary movementbegan, as I said, very soon after you fell asleep. Father must tell youthe rest. I might as well admit while I am about it, for you would soonfind it out, that I know almost nothing either as to the Revolution ornineteenth-century... Read Full Overview

Equality (1897) is a novel by Edward Bellamy. The sequel to Bellamy's bestselling novel Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888) is a product of decades of work on the socialist theories that captivated thousands of Americans and inspired the formation of the People's... Read Full Overview

Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 - May 22, 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, a tale set in the distant future of the year 2000. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of at least 165 "Nationalist... Read Full Overview

""Equality"" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian novel that explores a future society in which all people are equal and live in harmony. The story takes place in the year 2000, where the world has undergone a radical transformation. The book follows the journey of Julian West, a wealthy... Read Full Overview