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Erewhon - Samuel Butler
Erewhon
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Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned (for fear they'll evolve and become the masters of man). Butler's entertaining and thought-provoking Utopian novel takes aim at... show more
Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where sickness is a punishable crime, criminals receive compassionate medical treatment, and machines are banned (for fear they'll evolve and become the masters of man). Butler's entertaining and thought-provoking Utopian novel takes aim at such hallowed institutions as family, church, and mechanical progress; its remark
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780486420486 (0486420485)
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 163
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Politics, Philosophy, Fiction
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I read a long time ago The Way of All Flesh which is a novel that I adore. I never followed up with Erewhon until now. Erewhon starts as an adventure novel, but soon turns into a satirical essay. The narrator, Higgs, soon concentrates on the Erewhonian belief system, which he finds ridiculous, bu...
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Edward
Edward rated it
3.0 Erewhon
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IntroductionSuggested Further ReadingNote on the TextPreface to First EditionPreface to Second EditionPreface--ErewhonAppendix: List of passages added by Butler to the text of the 1872 edition in 1901Notes
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