| Erewhon Contributor(s): Butler, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 143852787X ISBN-13: 9781438527871 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.84 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) was a Victorian novelist who wrote in many genres. The Way of All Flesh and Erewhon are his most famous novels. Besides fiction Butler also wrote on evolution, Christian orthodoxy, Italian art, literary history and translated the Illiad and The Odyssey. Erewhon is a utopian satire of Victorian England published in 1872. The title is the name of a fictional country and it is also the word nowhere spelled backwards. The beginning of the book deals with the discovery of Erewhon, which is based on Butlers time in New Zealand where he worked on a sheep ranch for four years. The novel satirizes religion, anthropocentrism, and criminal punishment. |