Erewhon

by Samuel Butler

Overview

Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where machinery is forbidden, sickness is a crime, and criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. Butler's brilliant Utopian novel is an entertaining and thought-provoking work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486420486
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	05/29/2002
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: SciFi/Fantasy
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was an English author whose turbulent upbringing would inspire one of his greatest works, The Way of All Flesh. Butler grew up in a volatile home with an overbearing father who was both mentally and physically abusive. He was eventually sent to boarding school and then St. John's College where he studied Classics. As a young adult, he lived in a parish and aspired to become a clergyman but had a sudden crisis of faith. He decided to travel the world and create new experiences fueling his literary career.

Editorial Reviews

[Takes] imagination of a very high order to see that machinery could be dangerous as well as useful.” —George Orwell

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