# Looking Backward — Character guide

> Key figures in Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy.

- [Julian West](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/julian_west.md): A wealthy young Bostonian who awakens in the year 2000 after a hypnotic sleep.
- [Dr. Leete](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/dr_leete.md): A kindly physician who hosts Julian West in the utopian Boston of 2000.
- [Edith Leete](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/edith_leete.md): Dr. Leete's daughter who guides Julian through the new world and becomes his love interest.
- [Edith Bartlett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/edith_bartlett.md): Julian West's fiancée in the 19th century, from whom he is separated by his long sleep.
- [Mrs. Leete](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/mrs_leete.md): Dr. Leete's wife and Edith's mother, a warm presence in the household.
- [Mr. Barton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/mr_barton.md): A preacher who delivers a sermon on the moral state of the 20th century.
- [Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/sawyer.md): Julian West's servant in the 19th century who assists with his hypnotic sleep.
- [Dr. Pillsbury](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/dr_pillsbury.md): A physician who attends to Julian West in the 19th century.
- [Berrian](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/berrian.md): A friend of Julian West from the 19th century, mentioned in conversation.
- [Mrs. Bartlett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/looking_backward_se/characters/mrs_bartlett.md): Edith Bartlett's mother, a minor figure in Julian's past life.

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