The Collected Works of Edward Bellamy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Utopian visions, political commentary, and futuristic tales of social equality from a Victorian American SF pioneerBy Edward Bellamy
Length57h 19m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of Edward Bellamy gathers the writings of one of nineteenth-century America's most influential social visionaries, including the utopian romance Looking Backward and its sequel Equality, alongside shorter fiction and essays. Bellamy's prose blends speculative imagination, moral earnestness, and reformist argument, using lucid narrative frameworks to dramatize questions of industrial capitalism, social justice, gender, labor, and national organization. Situated between post–Civil War realism, late Victorian reform literature, and early science fiction, these works helped define the modern utopian novel. Edward Bellamy (1850–1898), born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, was shaped by the upheavals of rapid industrialization, widening class divisions, and the reform currents of the Gilded Age. Trained in law and active as a journalist, he brought to fiction a public intellectual's concern with social systems and a storyteller's instinct for persuasion. His vision of cooperative commonwealths and economic democracy inspired Bellamy Clubs and influenced progressive and socialist thought. This collection is recommended for readers interested in utopian literature, American intellectual history, and the origins of modern social critique. It offers not merely historical curiosity but a sustained meditation on how fiction can imagine alternatives to injustice.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length57 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Novels
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6Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (pt. 1)
7Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (pt. 2)
8Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (pt. 3)
9Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (pt. 4)
10Equality (pt. 1)
11Equality (pt. 2)
12Equality (pt. 3)
13Equality (pt. 4)
14Equality (pt. 5)
15Equality (pt. 6)
16Equality (pt. 7)
17Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (pt. 1)
18Dr. Heidenhoff's Process (pt. 2)
19Miss Ludington's Sister (pt. 1)
20Miss Ludington's Sister (pt. 2)
21The Duke of Stockbridge (pt. 1)
22The Duke of Stockbridge (pt. 2)
23The Duke of Stockbridge (pt. 3)
24The Duke of Stockbridge (pt. 4)
25The Duke of Stockbridge (pt. 5)
26Short Stories
27The Blindman's World
28An Echo of Antietam
29The Old Folks' Party
30The Cold Snap
31Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment
32A Summer Evening's Dream
33Potts's Painless Cure
34A Love Story Reversed
35Deserted
36Hooking Watermelons
37A Positive Romance
38Lost
39With The Eyes Shut
40At Pinney's Ranch
41To Whom This May Come
42Analysis
43Reflection
44Memorable Quotes
Looking Backward & Looking Further BackwardEdward Bellamy, Arthur Dudley Vinton13h 22m$0.99 · $0.00
Looking Backward (Annotated)Edward Bellamy9h 24m$2 · $0.00
Miss Ludington's Sister (Annotated)Edward Bellamy5h 34m$2 · $0.00
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The Collected Works of Edward BellamyEdward Bellamy57h 18m$1 · $0.00
DesertedEdward Bellamy42m$2 · $0.00
At Pinney's RanchEdward Bellamy36m$2 · $0.00
The Blindman's WorldEdward Bellamy46m$2 · $0.00
The Cold SnapEdward Bellamy24m$2 · $0.00
The Duke of Stockbridge (Annotated)Edward Bellamy12h 27m$2 · $0.00
Two Days' Solitary ImprisonmentEdward Bellamy40m$1 · $0.00
The Essential Writings of Edward BellamyEdward Bellamy56h 38m$2 · $0.00
Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 10 Dystopian Novels & SF ClassicsEdward Bellamy38h 45m$1 · $0.00
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The Essential Writings of Edward BellamyEdward Bellamy56h 38m$2 · $0.00
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THE DUKE OF STOCKBRIDGEEdward Bellamy11h 34m$2 · $0.00
LOOKING BACKWARD (A Utopia) & LOOKING FURTHER BACKWARD (A Dystopia)Edward Bellamy, Arthur Dudley Vinton13h 12m$2 · $0.00
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This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
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