Bellamy's Looking Backward

Bellamy accepted a job in the editorial staff of the New York evening Post, and the following summer he returned to Springfield to write book reviews and editorials for the Springfield Daily Union.

Why do you think Bellamy's Looking Backward was so extraordinarily popular, particularly among the middle class?

Looking Backward was no different on that score. His characters have hardly any recognition traits. The unity of Edith Leete being great-granddaughter of Edith Bartlett is hardly convincing and forms the basis for the minimum amount of doubt that the book has. It is primarily a novel of ideas, and largely ...