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LibriVox recording of Looking Backward: 2000-1887, by Edward Bellamy. Read by Anna Simon.
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, , first published in 1888. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up more than a century later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts) but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the U.S.A. has been transformed into a socialist utopia. This book outlines Bellamy's complex thoughts about improving the future, and is an indictment of industrial capitalism. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Edward Bellamy
Date: 2009-09-19
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; science fiction; utopia; socialism; capitalism; Boston
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 - Preface & Chapter 1 |
20.3 MB
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14.5 MB
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10.2 MB
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| 02 - Chapter 2 & 3 |
23.6 MB
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16.9 MB
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11.8 MB
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| 03 - Chapter 4 & 5 |
25.0 MB
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18.1 MB
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12.5 MB
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| 04 - Chapter 6 & 7 |
20.7 MB
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15.0 MB
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10.3 MB
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| 05 - Chapter 8 & 9 |
28.7 MB
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20.7 MB
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14.4 MB
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| 06 - Chapter 10 & 11 |
27.6 MB
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| 07 - Chapter 12 |
20.8 MB
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15.1 MB
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10.4 MB
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| 08 - Chapter 13 & 14 |
28.1 MB
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20.7 MB
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14.1 MB
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| 09 - Chapter 15 & 16 |
24.7 MB
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17.9 MB
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12.3 MB
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| 10 - Chapter 17 & 18 |
24.6 MB
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| 11 - Chapter 19, 20 & 21 |
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| 12 - Chapter 22 |
28.5 MB
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20.6 MB
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14.3 MB
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| 13 - Chapter 23 & 24 |
11.6 MB
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| 14 - Chapter 25 |
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| 15 - Chapter 26 |
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| 16 - Chapter 27 |
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| 17 - Chapter 28 |
36.0 MB
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Reviewer:
forprogress -
Subject:
Refreshing Idealism
Anna Simon does an excellent job.
What motivates Bellamy is a refreshing idealism sadly lacking for the most part in our current politics. While his top-down, one-size-fits-all plan for government cooperatively owned by The People is flawed. His ideals of having people self-actualized and more fairly compensated for giving their best efforts is on solid ground. No wonder so many people were attracted to Bellamy in the 19th century, when the book was the best selling novel behind Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur.
