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by Samuel Butler

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  • ISBN: 1434616614
  • Category: Fiction
  • Author: Samuel Butler
  • Subcategory: Classics
  • Other formats: mbr azw mobi lit
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: BiblioBazaar (May 5, 2007)
  • Pages: 222 pages
  • FB2 size: 1489 kb
  • EPUB size: 1381 kb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 246
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Erewhon: or, Over the Range (/ɛrɛhwɒn/) is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist

Erewhon: or, Over the Range (/ɛrɛhwɒn/) is a novel by Samuel Butler which was first published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country, supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel, it is not revealed where Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be understood as the word "nowhere" backwards even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed. The book is a satire on Victorian society.

In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere,' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited.

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Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. In the novel, it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is, but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards, even though the letters h and w are transposed. It is likely that he did this to protect himself from accusations of being unpatriotic, although Erewhon is obviously a satire of Victorian society.

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler. Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. On the bookshelvesAll.

Source: Fireblade, by Jerry Stratton. Samuel Butler (1835-1902) used his satirical tale, Erewhon, to promote of his alternative interpretation of the evolution of species, which accorded cells a will and a capacity to shape their environment and to pass acquired habits on to its progeny. Butler satirises the injustices of Victorian England by means of a utopian society in which all the social mores and laws were the exact opposite of what they were in England, just as its ideas about evolution were different. Biography of Samuel Butler.

Erewhon is a novel by Samuel Butler. The greater part of the book consists of a description of Erewhon. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards, even though the letters "h" and "w" are transposed, therefore Erewhon is an anagram of nowhere. The nature of this nation is intended to be ambiguous

For the inconsistencies in the book, and I am aware that there are not a few, I must ask the indulgence of the read-er.

Download free eBooks of classic literature, books and novels at Planet eBook. For the inconsistencies in the book, and I am aware that there are not a few, I must ask the indulgence of the read-er. The blame, however, lies chiefly with the Erewhonians themselves, for they were really a very difficult people to understand. The most glaring anomalies seemed to afford them no intellectual inconvenience; neither, provided they did not actually see the money dropping out of their pock

If the reader will excuse me I will say nothing of my antecedents nor of the circumstances which led me to leave my native country; the narrative would be tedious to him and painful to myself. (Excerpt)
Reviews about Erewhon (7):
Boraston
Last read "Erewhon" in my youth 75 years ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it now, as a grownup 90 year old. Love my Kindle 2 and in it just placed volumes of "Jean Christophe" - in English - that I read (in French) in my youth, and enjoy it as much as ever. Reading books that greatly influenced my young life take on a new dimension for me now.
JoJolar
Erewhon is an interesting and original attempt to examine Western culture of late nineteen-early twentieth century using a device of reporting impressions of an imaginary civilization. In more than one way it is similar to Gulliver's Travels. The book starts in a very disappointing fashion, suggesting a standard adventure story recounted by a youth seeking his fortune in uncharted and unnamed land. Very soon, however, we are introduced to the land of Erewhon, where physical illnesses are serious crimes, while common flaws of character (e.g. embezzlement) are considered curable diseases and the people suffering of moral turpitude are sympathized and empathized with. This strange civilization is built on the ruins of a technically advanced but abandoned past, and owning a watch is a crime – only mitigated by one's good health and looks. There are many additional comments on education, religion, technology, art, banking, etc. All interesting and original, though some rather too elaborate and thus tedious. Some, however, referring to sculpture or the establishment of Colleges of Unreason, are hilarious. One of the underlying themes are attempts to explore the theory of evolution in analysis of developing technology. Although the book ends much in the same mundane way as it had started, it is definitely a great milestone in social criticism.
Beazekelv
Among the books I decided to reread in old age was Samuel Butler's EREWHON (pronounced, the author tells us, in three syllables). It was so good the second time around that I thirsted for the sequel -- even though, in his Preface to the new, revised 1901 edition of the first novel, Butler himself states, "I shall be agreeably surprised if I am not told that EREWHON ... is the better reading of the two."
A pity my review comes a century too late to give the author an agreeable surprise, for I should put EREWHON REVISITED among those rare sequels which outdo the earlier novel. EREWHON is neither utopian nor distopian -- the reader, at least in our times -- wonders how much of it is Butler's own Victorian England lightly masked; but where the first is a novel of ideas, done here and there in such a way that I cannot feel quite sure where Butler is serious and where satirical (save that the last few pages have to be as savage an indictment as Swift's MODEST PROPOSAL), the sequel is a novel of action. Not, perhaps, heart-stopping action as done to death in the rather tedious "nonstop" definition of modern Hollywood; but this short novel does offer moments of suspense. We finally learn the name of the earlier novel's narrator -- Higgs -- and he seems considerably more lovable in age than he was in youth, as well as being wiser but sadder. We learn there was more between him and Yram than the original adventure (first published 1872) spells out. As in the first novel, there are passages where Butler appears to slip serious food for thought in with the satire. This time, it looks to me as if his target involves the very origins of Christianity; and yet, even while suggesting that our religion, like the newest one of Erewhon, may rest on a superficially false foundation, he seems to propose bedrock beneath that shaky foundation, and the possibility of interpreting good mystic theology into the framework.
Having failed to locate a copy of EREWHON REVISITED at my local used-book shops, I was delighted to find it free in Amazon's Kindle story. This e-edition has good, clear print with few if any typographical errors or missing text. I'm delighted to have it.
Yalone
Very original idea with modern relevance: a society that views sickness and ugliness as jailable crimes and actual crime (like theft) as a minor physical ailment. Beauty and health are regarded as the duties of all law-abiding citizens. This incongruity leads to some very funny passages for the astonished narrator and at other times to sobering reflections.

Given that increased understanding of addiction is beginning to see certain crimes as caused by illness, this is a somewhat prophetic book, and for all of us modern readers and writers preoccupied with dystopia, this dusty classic is current again.
Yla
the book anticipates many changes that have actually incurred. The pieces is strongly developed. The actual tale is very well told; however, it is also antiquated due to the actual age of the book. It is the earliest example of science-fiction I have ever read. how Butler was able to so clearly anticipate the advancements in science and in society is very impressive to me. I will undoubtedly go back and read it again.

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