Heidenhoff's Process (1880), and Miss Ludington's Sister (1885), were unremarkable works, making use of standard psychological plots. The couple had two children.īellamy's early novels, including Six to One (1878), Dr. īellamy married Emma Augusta Sanderson in 1882. Returning to the United States, he decided to abandon the daily grind of journalism in favor of literary work, which put fewer demands upon his time and his health. In an effort to regain his health, Bellamy spent a year in the Hawaiian Islands (1877 to 1878). He suffered with its effects throughout his adult life. Īt the age of 25, Bellamy developed tuberculosis, the disease that would ultimately kill him. In this capacity Bellamy briefly served on the staff of the New York Post before returning to his native Massachusetts to take a position at the Springfield Union. He briefly studied law but abandoned that field without ever having practiced as a lawyer, instead entering the world of journalism. Upon leaving school, he made his way to Europe for a year, spending extensive time in Germany. īellamy attended public school at Chicopee Falls before leaving for Union College of Schenectady, New York, where he studied for just two semesters. She was the daughter of a Baptist minister named Benjamin Putnam, who was forced to withdraw from the ministry in Salem, Massachusetts, following objections to his becoming a Freemason. His mother, Maria Louisa Putnam Bellamy, was a Calvinist. His father was Rufus King Bellamy (1816–1886), a Baptist minister and a descendant of Joseph Bellamy. He published Equality, a sequel to Looking Backward, in 1897, and died the following year.Įdward Bellamy was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts. In the early 1890s, Bellamy established a newspaper known as The New Nation and began to promote united action between the various Nationalist Clubs and the emerging Populist Party. It was one of the most commercially successful books published in the United States in the 19th century, and it especially appealed to a generation of intellectuals alienated from the alleged dark side of the Gilded Age. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerous " Nationalist Clubs" dedicated to the propagation of his political ideas.Īfter working as a journalist and writing several unremarkable novels, Bellamy published Looking Backward in 1888. Edward Bellamy (Ma– May 22, 1898) was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel Looking Backward.
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