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Samuel Butler Erewhon (Paperback). Inspired by Samuel Butler's years in colonial New Zealand and by his reading of Darwin's Origin of Species, Erewhon (1872) is a highly original, irreverent and humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. Further DetailsTitle: Erewhon Condition: New Author: Samuel Butler Contributor: Peter Mudford (Edited by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0140430571 EAN: 9780140430578 ISBN: 9780140430578 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 02/23/2006 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? Inspired by Samuel Butler's years in colonial New Zealand and by his reading of Darwin's Origin of Species, Erewhon (1872) is a highly original, irreverent and humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 15mm Item Weight: 202g Release Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
