Erewhon

Erewhon

by Samuel Butler
Publication Date: 29/06/2020

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Butler's satirization of Victorian society presents as a near-Utopia with a dystopia lurking underneath. Ererwhon is the story of a young man named Higgs who discovers the previously unknown country of the same name, loosely inspired by Butler's own travels to New Zealand. Though on the surface the society of Erewhon seems idyllic, the protagonist quickly discovers that everything is not quite as it seems: Erewhon offers praise for filibustering and hypocrisy, criminal punishment for the physically ill, and a deep fear that machinery will evolve and eventually enslave their human creators.


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ISBN:
9781774530634
9781774530634
Category:
Fiction
Publication Date:
29-06-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
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Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was the son of a clergyman. Following a disagreement with his father, he left England to beome a sheep farmer in New Zealand, returning to England in 1864.

He published Erewhon anonymously in 1872, and went on to publish several works attacking contemporary scientific ideas, in particular Darwin's theory of natural selection.

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