Erewhon - Samuel Butler - Books - - 9798697331255 - October 13, 2020
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Samuel Butler
Erewhon

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Setting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon and is given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this seemingly ideal community has its faults - here crime is treated indulgently as a malady to be cured, while illness, poverty and misfortune are cruelly punished, and all machines have been superstitiously destroyed after a bizarre prophecy. Can he survive in a world where morality is turned upside down? Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' (an anagram for 'nowhere') to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere, ' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 13, 2020
ISBN13 9798697331255
Pages 168
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 10 mm   ·   185 g
Language English  

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