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Erewhon

by Samuel Butler · 1872 · 272 pages

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Book 1 of the Erewhon series

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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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Genre
science fictiondystopiasatireadventurefantasy
Setting
victorianbritishengland
Subject
philosophypolitics
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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