| Erewhon Contributor(s): Butler, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1977898777 ISBN-13: 9781977898777 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.12 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Setting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon and is given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this seemingly ideal community has its faults - here crime is treated indulgently as a malady to be cured, while illness, poverty and misfortune are cruelly punished, and all machines have been superstitiously destroyed after a bizarre prophecy. Can he survive in a world where morality is turned upside down? Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' (an anagram for 'nowhere') to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. |