Looking Backward

"Looking Backward" is a science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy that imagines a future society set in the year 2000. The story follows a man who falls into a deep sleep in 1887 and wakes up a century later to find a highly organized, cooperative, and egalitarian world. In this future, wealth and resources are shared equally, and everyone works together for the common good. The novel explores ideas of social and economic reform, envisioning a utopian society where greed and inequality have been eliminated through planned government and community efforts.