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    Erewhon
    Erewhon
    Erewhon
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    Erewhon

    By Samuel Butler

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    A young traveller sets out to make his fortune and discovers the idyllic distant land of Erewhon. Its people welcome him with open arms, but this apparent utopia soon reveals its darker side. In Erewhon, money has no value and disease is a crime, yet poverty is punishable and criminals are cared for as though sick. How can he survive in a land where morality makes no sense?'Erewhon' is Samuel Butler's classic utopian satire about the hypocrisy of religion and Victorian society. Influenced by Darwin's recently published 'On the Origin of Species', it is most famous for its ground-breaking idea of 'mechanical consciousness'. In 1901, Butler published a sequel entitled 'Erewhon Revisited'. Both books are perfect for fans of 'Gulliver's Travels.'-
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateMay 30, 2022
    ISBN9788728102022
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    Samuel Butler

    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.

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