Looking Backward

Examines the social ills of nineteenth-century industrialism and makes a plea for social reform and moral renewal. This novel echoes the anguish and hopes of its own age while it embodies a sustaining myth of the American literary tradition - that man's perfectibility is attainable in the New World.

Examineaza relele sociale ale industrialismului din secolul al XIX-lea si face o pledoarie pentru reforma sociala si reinnoirea morala. Acest roman reflecta angoasa si sperantele propriei epoci, in timp ce intruchipeaza un mit sustinator al traditiei literare americane - ca perfectibilitatea omului este atinsa in Lumea Noua.