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Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850–May 22, 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel set in the year 2000, Looking Backward, published in 1888. Edward Bellamy was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. His father was Rufus King Bellamy (1816-1886), a Baptist minister, and his mother was Maria Louisa (Putnam) Bellamy, a Calvinist. He had two older brothers, Frederick and Charles. He attended Union College, but did not graduate. While there, he joined the Theta Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He studied law, but left the practice and worked briefly in the newspaper industry in New York and in Springfield, Massachusetts | feedboo is Looking Backward Bellamy Edward Published 1888 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About Bellamy Edward Bellamy March 26 1850-May 22 1898 was an American author and socialist most famous for his utopian novel set in the year 2000 Looking Backward published in 1888. Edward Bellamy was born in Chicopee Falls Massachusetts. His father was Rufus King Bellamy 1816-1886 a Baptist minister and his mother was Maria Louisa Putnam Bellamy a Calvinist. He had two older brothers Frederick and Charles. He attended Union College but did not graduate. While there he joined the Theta Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He studied law but left the practice and worked briefly in the newspaper industry in New York and in Springfield Massachusetts. He left journalism and devoted himself to literature writing both short stories and novels. He married Emma Augusta Sanderson in 1882. The couple had two children Paul 1884 and Marion 1886 . He was the cousin of Francis Bellamy most famous for creating the Pledge of Allegiance to promote the sale of American flags. His books include Dr. Heidenhoff s Process 1880 Miss Ludington s Sister 1884 Equality 1897 and The Duke of Stockbridge 1900 . His feeling of injustice in the economic system lead him to write Looking Backward 2000-1887 and its sequel Equality. According to Erich Fromm Looking Backward is one of the most remarkable books ever published in America. It was the third largest bestseller of its time after Uncle Tom s Cabin and Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ. In the book Looking Backward an upper class man from 1887 awakens in 2000 from a hypnotic trance to find himself in a socialist utopia. It influenced a large number of intellectuals and appears by title in many of the major Marxist writings of the day. It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement. Fromm p vi . 165 Bellamy Clubs sprang up all over the .