Another chapter discusses how good it feels to retire at the age of 45.  
In its final chapter, a bank director compares the operation of his business to a poem; that chapter also sees the protagonist glance at a morning newspaper left for him by Sawyer, which includes headlines about an impending war between France and Germany.  Earlier, several characters discuss the greatness of Berrian's novels, particularly his masterpiece Penthesilia, which the narrator stays up all night reading.  Another chapter discusses how good it feels to retire at the age of 45.  In the opening chapter, the narrator describes how, at the age of 30, he came to be engaged to Edith Bartlett, though they could not get married until his house was finished.  It features the wise Doctor Leete and the befuddled Julian West, who wakes up to find himself 113 years in the future.  For 10 points, name this novel which describes life in the year 2000, a Utopian romance by Edward Bellamy.
In its final chapter, a bank director compares the operation of his business to a poem; that chapter also sees the protagonist glance at a morning newspaper left for him by Sawyer, which includes headlines about an impending war between France and Germany.  
Looking Backward, 2000-1887