Because of his insomnia, the protagonist of this novel has a sound-proof room built in his basement and gets Doctor Pillsbury to put him to sleep thro
Because of his insomnia, the protagonist of this novel has a sound-proof room built in his basement and gets Doctor Pillsbury to put him to sleep through hypnosis.  Although he is engaged to marry Edith Bartlett, he ends up marrying Edith Leete after his house burns down with him sealed in the basement room.  FTP, name this novel, in which Julian West becomes a professor of history and marries the great-granddaughter of his first fiancee after sleeping for more than 113 years, a Utopian work by Edward Bellamy.
Because of his insomnia, the protagonist of this novel has a sound-proof room built in his basement and gets Doctor Pillsbury to put him to sleep through hypnosis.  
Looking Backward:  2000-1887